Thread: How does one know if an image is public domain?
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Old 06-22-2012, 03:35 AM   #25
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Originally Posted by dwig View Post
In the US, if the original photo was copyrighted then such a copy would be illegal unless the "copy" was substantially altered.
This might be the key. Photo software can take a fraction of an image and change it so that it's unrecognizable. Might be watermarked though.
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