Steel City Kid
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My State is: PIttsburgh, Pennsylvania, Home of the 2005 WORLD CHAMPION STEELERS
Great site, hope you can help.
I have an image that was taken by someone else of whom I don't have permission (yet) and was located on a foreign site (Japanese or Chinese - can't read either) and basically it's an image of a building in las vegas featuring a giant Sphinx and a Pharoah.
Now, I am a photoshop expert and am creating something for a client for which they'd like something of the sort. So, I took the picture from the Asian indeterminate website, and pasted it into my editing program. I then took careful steps to remove everything but the Pharoah out. I then changed all the colors, cut parts of him off that im not using, and digitally altered his facial features from that of the original.
I don't wish to claim copyright to this "new" image that is part of other images that I have permission to use in print, but I don't want to be sued by anyone owning the copyright to the original sculpture / building or the website owner (assuming he or she had the right to post that image in the first place).
I am also not sure what this final piece will be used for (whether it's sold or something promotional etc) What are my rights if any, and can I possibly get into any legal hot water?
Sorry for the long post, hope you can help!
Great site, hope you can help.
I have an image that was taken by someone else of whom I don't have permission (yet) and was located on a foreign site (Japanese or Chinese - can't read either) and basically it's an image of a building in las vegas featuring a giant Sphinx and a Pharoah.
Now, I am a photoshop expert and am creating something for a client for which they'd like something of the sort. So, I took the picture from the Asian indeterminate website, and pasted it into my editing program. I then took careful steps to remove everything but the Pharoah out. I then changed all the colors, cut parts of him off that im not using, and digitally altered his facial features from that of the original.
I don't wish to claim copyright to this "new" image that is part of other images that I have permission to use in print, but I don't want to be sued by anyone owning the copyright to the original sculpture / building or the website owner (assuming he or she had the right to post that image in the first place).
I am also not sure what this final piece will be used for (whether it's sold or something promotional etc) What are my rights if any, and can I possibly get into any legal hot water?
Sorry for the long post, hope you can help!
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