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File:Space Invader! (2763515442).jpg

Per COM:FOP#Slovenia: still copyrighted architecture by J. Plečnik (d. 1957). Eleassar ^(t/p) 11:40, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

Cropped out. --Sporti (talk) 11:50, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

The invader itself is copyrighted too, and Invader's reproduction is a copyvio. --Eleassar ^(t/p) 14:56, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

Why? --Sporti (talk) 15:10, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

Because an author can't give a legally valid permission for his work to be used in illegal ways. And even if they could, this still does not make their work available to anyone for any purpose. Reproduction of graffiti can be regarded as free due to them being illegal only as long as the graffiti are not themselves reproductions of a still copyrighted work. --Eleassar ^(t/p) 15:52, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

How do you know this one is taken from the game? en says "... who pastes up characters from and inspired by the 1978 arcade game Space Invaders". --Sporti (talk) 15:59, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

Even if it is only inspired, it seems remarkably similar to them and as such reproducing it would be a copyvio.[1] --Eleassar ^(t/p) 17:43, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

Remarkably similar is subjective. Many artwork are "remarkably similar", but not copyvio (File:Mihael Stroj - Judita s Holofernovo glavo.jpg - File:August Riedel - Judith - WGA19466.jpg). --Sporti (talk) 19:37, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

In this case, it is not only remarkably similar, but the artist has also been inspired by the still copyrighted (1978) characters. It is a typical derivative work: a work based upon one or more pre-existing works. --Eleassar ^(t/p) 20:14, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

No it isn't. Many artist if not all have been inspired by another artist so most artwork in the history of mankind is copyvio? Can't find anything about your far-fetched interpretaion on derivative work, it doesn't even use the word inspire anywhere. --Sporti (talk) 05:54, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

It is just a modification of the original work, therefore a derivative (and COM:DW does use the word "modification"). --Eleassar ^(t/p) 21:34, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

It is a work inspired by Space Invaders - created in similar style, but not copied. en: "Invader has had solo exhibitions at art galleries in Paris, Osaka, Melbourne, Los Angeles, New York City, London and Rome." Art galleries don't show copyvio work at their exhibitions. Unless you have a source that his work is a copyvio, this is just your OR or BS. --Sporti (talk) 07:12, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

I guess these [2], [3] are also just "inspired". Look, they're described as permissible "fair use" here,[4] but we don't accept fair use here. C'mon... --Eleassar ^(t/p) 08:58, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

How is this relavent, it's about Jim Morrison Doors album cover recreated. These are not recreated, but created in similar style as original (don't you know what inspired means). --Sporti (talk) 09:52, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Do you? The line between 'inspired' and 'derived from' is very thin and not always clear (you may read about this here). However, the situation has only two possibilites:

• a) It is a "derived" work and thus a copyright infringment or, in the best case, fair use (in any case, not appropriate for Commons).
• b) It is an "inspired" grafitti. Per Miha Trampuž, an expert on copyright law of Slovenia, graffiti are (like all other art works) copyrighted in Slovenia.[5]

Can you prove with another reliable source that he is mistaken and they may be reproduced freely?

--Eleassar ^(t/p) 15:22, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

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Deleted: There is no FOP in Slovenia FASTILY 19:59, 4 September 2013 (UTC)