hi all im not arguing, i just have a question! does anybody know: if you do have to change more than 1 pixel or 10% of total pixels , how much of the image do you actually have to change before it is counted as a new image by law? i have always wanted to know, just out of curiosity thanks :) shona [Moderator's note: Shona, it's not that simple. As I understand it, there's no "magic formula" here -- determining if a work is a copy of another must take into account a huge number of factors, not just a pixel count. Is the idea similar? The execution? Is there a motive? Is it unique? Do circumstances indicate it was independantly produced, etc. But a good place to start is: Did you steal the idea? And it gets more and more complicated -- is a photograph of a copyrighted work a new work of art? What if you put a ferret in the photograph? Is it THEN a new work of art? I could go on, but you get the idea. Note I am not a lawyer but I'm answering this here to not have to process a bunch of semi-off-topic posts tomorrow. Unless my answer is very wrong (in which case, correct me), I hope people will continue the discussion OFF list. Thanks! BIG] [Posted in FML issue 4117]