Re: FLASH: copyright question

[Karin Christensen]

Hi John,

I have been a free-lance scientific illustrator for over 20 years.

This

kind of thing has always been a gray area.  Technically, if you are

redrawing

an illustration you need to get permission from the publisher.  Then

you need to state "redrawn by permission" associated with the figure

or in the credits. Sometimes the publishers charge for the permission,

sometimes they don't.  It would kind of depend also on what you

are doing with the Flash animation.  If you are receiving money for it

or

your client is presenting the information as background for their

research

you should get permission.  Since most of my illustrations are

anatomical

in nature, I don't worry about it too much, but I am careful not to

copy. After all there are just so many ways that you can draw a

kidney. If you are redrawing something that is unique to that field it

is a different story. To be on

the safe side I would suggest writing the publisher of the text and

asking them

what their policy is.


Karin Christensen

Scientific, Medical and Veterinary Illustration

www.cosmoaccess.net/~ivyacres/


> I need to create some graphics for one of my Flash animations..  The

> graphics are very technical in nature.  They are basic concepts of

> semiconductor manufacturer.  I am using illustrations from one of

the

> main text books as reference drawings.  The question I have is:  My

> final drawings dont really look that different from the originals

due

> to the simplicity of the drawings.  What are my options at this

> point?

> Any help is appreciated.

>

> -John

>




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