[WikiEN-l] Is it true...

Fri Dec 22 00:15:12 UTC 2006

Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
> that one may not upload a small, low resolution line drawing of the
> USS Enterprise? without violating copyright?
> 
> Leaving aside the baseless allegation of trolling,
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Anti-Star_Trek_Cabal_logo.png is
> possibly going to be deleted for that reason.
> 

To quote http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Derivative_works

> And no, it doesn't matter whether Mickey Mouse is printed on a
> T-shirt, which you bought with your own money and which is worn by
> yourself while you're walking in a public place, loudly reciting the
> GFDL. That doesn't at all give you the right to take a picture of the
> T-shirt, cut out Mickey Mouse and upload it as "free" material.
> Nothing you'll ever do, whether you draw Pikachu with your own crayons
> or sculpt a giant Sailor Moon figurine, will ever lead to the point
> where you magically turn copyrighted material into "free" material.

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