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Face Generator Copyrights

brandonmhayward5959110brandonmhayward5959110 Posts: 44
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I used the new DAZ 4.12 face generator to make some celebrities. Can I post this in the gallery or does this count as copyrighted images?

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  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,131

    Interesting question that

  • FirstBastionFirstBastion Posts: 8,049

    The photographer generally owns an image.  So if you took the image off the internet,  you don't own it and certainly can't claim copyright.

    https://www.vintagephoto.com/reference/copyrightarticle1.htm

     

  • mclaughmclaugh Posts: 221
    FirstBastion said:

    The photographer generally owns an image.  So if you took the image off the internet,  you don't own it and certainly can't claim copyright.

    https://www.vintagephoto.com/reference/copyrightarticle1.htm

     

    Except that recasting a 2D photo into a 3D medium is a significant "transformative" use, which, under US copyright law, may be considered a creative, as opposed to a derivative, act qualifying for a new, unencumbered, copyright.

  • Matt_CastleMatt_Castle Posts: 3,011
    edited October 2019

    The question is mostly about the rights on the photograph you used.

    While many photographs will have rights reserved, if you used something with an appropriate Creative Commons licence (check what licence it actually is though, Creative Commons is not automatically public domain), then you should be mostly okay as long on that front as long as you adhere to those licence terms (which may include credit, limits on commercial use and/or also sharing your work under a CC licence).

    On the other side of things, you should also avoid using it for anything that could imply endorsement by or association with that celebrity; while celebrities only have a certain level of control over their images (after all, it's said that everyone has a doppleganger), if something crosses the border into libel or misrepresentation, the laws in those areas are much much tighter.

     

    mclaugh said:
    FirstBastion said:

    The photographer generally owns an image.  So if you took the image off the internet,  you don't own it and certainly can't claim copyright.

    https://www.vintagephoto.com/reference/copyrightarticle1.htm

     

    Except that recasting a 2D photo into a 3D medium is a significant "transformative" use, which, under US copyright law, may be considered a creative, as opposed to a derivative, act qualifying for a new, unencumbered, copyright.

    I wouldn't want to test that in front of a court - it's not showing particular originality of approach.

    Post edited by Matt_Castle on
  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,163

    This is really something you would need to discuss with a qualified legal adviser.

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