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Copyright 19-May-2005 At 9:14:17 PM Onsight

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On 19/05/2005 anthonyk wrote:
>there's a trick i've seen in graphic design a bit where people take the
>outline of something in a photo and use it in a separate context. how
>much would a photographer feel that this infringed on his copyright of
>the original image?
I feel it would be a breach of copyright and would not be happy about the usage unless I gave prior permission. I actually had a query from a UK clothing company about a similar usage two weeks ago. But haven't heard back since I told them their offer of one free T-shirt wouldn't wash.

Neil, I reckon you'd likely have a case but with these sort of smaller breaches it comes down to how much time and money you're will to waste (invest?) in pursuing them. But of course he settled.