Copyright or not?

Using wallpaper downloads from movie sites.

Published on July 28, 2008 By Wolf-Shade In New Users

I have never posted before, but go back to WB version 1.x. Have faithfully used WB ever since.

The question I am curious is that I have made a Joker vista logon from a modified wallpaper from the official movie site and was wondering about the copyright rules for posting. I liked the xp logon by Z(+)Diac 'Jokerized' but I run Vista.

It came out well, and thought others might appreciate seeing it or using it if they like the new Batman series of movies. Kinda my tribute to Heath Ledger.

It is designed for my laptop with a res of 1920 x 1200. I am not sure how it would scale on other resolutions. Any help here would be appreciated.

Thanks for reading.

Comments (Page 1)

CarGuy1

on Jul 28, 2008

Since it's copyrighted by Warner Brothers I believe you would need thier permission before you could post it.

Jafo

on Jul 28, 2008

Any site/source of images/walls etc will have a TOU [Terms Of Use] for its content...aka Copyright limitations.

Almost always that will mean/be 'free for personal use' which public redistribution [in modified form] here or on any other site is not 'personal use' but is in fact 'public distribution', something equally almost always prohibited.

Check your source/site...sometimes they are hard to find...but the 'rules' will be there...

Wolf-Shade

on Jul 28, 2008

I will check to see about terms. Who knows, they may give permission to use it....one can only hope

Thanks

PuterDudeJim

on Jul 28, 2008

Would this not be Fan Art?

PoSmedley

on Jul 28, 2008

Why do I click on any thread with the word copyright in it's title?

It always makes my head hurt.

DorkCoffeez

on Jul 28, 2008

As always the ops of these forums will make the call on the item in question. I have made "Fan art" of copyrighted material for several reason. However because I created the content it was alright. I think you might find issue with using the art of the movie itself. As I said folks like Island Dog will have the final say in these matters. Submitting it will not place it up online and get you in trouble (at least not here) but rather put it in for review and you should get back the call from there.

Snowman

on Jul 29, 2008

Would this not be Fan Art?

You could devide the two 'terms' up this way:

Fan Art
Art/graphics created (from scratch) based on a topic/theme/character

Permission required art/graphics
Art/graphics created/based on/modified from already existing art/graphics

DorkCoffeez

on Jul 29, 2008

That is pretty much the guideline that would be used. I think that is what you should work with before submitting.

Wolf-Shade

on Jul 29, 2008

This is the web site I downloaded from. http://forums.superherohype.com/showpost.php?p=13537380&postcount=9695

It appears that it was created by someone as poster art. I am going to see if I can contact someone concerning it. It appears to have been posted with just a kudos for the creator.

DorkCoffeez

on Jul 29, 2008

Likely you will need the artists permission to post anything so direct. As an artist whom sells things professionally I can tell you this isn't just really important it is necessary. Please keep in mind I am only trying to help, I don't want anything I have said to sound threatening in this matter.

Jafo

on Jul 30, 2008

http://www.superherohype.com/copyrightstatement.php

Your first stop for verification...

Jafo

on Jul 30, 2008

http://www.superherohype.com/terms.php

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2of3

on Jul 30, 2008

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In English, please?

Bebi Bulma

on Jul 30, 2008

^What he said....

Jafo

on Jul 30, 2008

In English, please?

The computer says 'no' ...

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