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RE: Copyright and Using the Art of Other Artists - Your Rights and Their Rights
I was very careful in the past when choosing which programs to use when producing my digital art. Everything of mine starts with a blank digital canvas layer, but sometimes I'll manipulate a basic photo of mine to include as a layer, but that is rare. The style is always evolving. I read all the fine print though and some of the programs out there are meant to be just for fun. No commercial use. I make sure not to use those ones for the work I publish here.
If the filter you used in this case is not intended for commercial use, fair use here is acceptable. The main focus is the commentary.
For that reason, terms of use, I always (almost, but not it this case obviously) use Photoshop that I've bought for my company. And because it has more than just the filters that sometimes are... totally useless. :) It of course depends on what I am trying to do.
Finnish law does not recognize fair use as it is determined by Wikipedia. We have a bit similar thing, restrictions of copyrights, but it's not as allowing as the fair use. But if we think that this article is meant to educate people, then it's okay by the Finnish restrictions to copyright law too.
People have to know these things. Education is legit.
Proper presentation goes a long way. When done correctly, people can relax and enjoy their rewards. The true art fraudsters we see here from time to time are not welcome, in my humble opinion. It's annoying stumbling into a post where a noob has snatched an image from the internet, applied a shoddy filter, and then said they digitally painted it.
I've caught quite a few.