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Is there any clear line on what is considered a derivative and what is a copy without substantial deviation?
by omeid2 8y ago
Is there any clear line on what is considered a derivative and what is a copy without substantial deviation?
- balls187 8y agoAs far as I know, no. It's usually up to a Judge to determine. Per this specific case, the USPS tried to argue something along those lines, but the plaintiff successfully claimed that because the statues face was feminized, it was not a copy, but a derivative.
- deleted 8y ago[deleted]
- omeid2 8y agoThat is ingenious. Considering that Mithras is a man, so a feminine version is easy to argue as substantially different.
- xeromal 8y agoIn the article, the sculptor claims that he made the statue more feminine.