Timeline for Does tracing an aerial photo infringe copyright?
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| May 7, 2020 at 15:26 | comment | added | supercat | If one were to identify two or more independently taken aerial photographs of the same building, adjusted the perspective so they lined up, and then produced a tracing between the two outlines, ensuring that all features that were copied were equally present in both, I don't think portion copied would be sufficiently "original" as to merit copyright protection. | |
| Jan 19, 2016 at 2:33 | comment | added | gnasher729 | @jqning: That is just one of several parts to decide whether something is fair use. | |
| Oct 8, 2015 at 2:34 | comment | added | jqning | Interesting is how 17 U.S.C. § 107 fair use would apply here, the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole, since this is one building out of a work whose entirety includes the entire planet. | |
| Oct 8, 2015 at 1:35 | history | answered | chapka | CC BY-SA 3.0 |