[WikiEN-l] Copyright status of drawings based on photos

Mon Jun 12 13:22:44 UTC 2006

geni wrote:
> On 6/12/06, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 6/12/06, Anthony DiPierro <wikilegal at inbox.org> wrote:
>>> According to the page the author released it under the GFDL and
>>> CC-by-SA.  The original author of the photo almost surely also holds a
>>> copyright interest in it, but I don't see any information about a
>>> license from him/her.
>> Presuming the photographer didn't license it, it's a copyvio?
>>
>> Steve
> 
> Probably qualifies ans a derivative work so yes.
> 
> 

I doubt the drawing preserves any features of the photograph of which 
the photographer could claim to have copyright on.

Ruud