art and copyright

[Katitzi]

I have an idea for a tarot deck that would be based entirely on the work of a famous painter. Can anybody here guide me through the process of what I need to do in order not to violate laws and copyright? Do I need permission before I start scanning pictures and making the first examples for cards?

Gracefully,

Katitzi

[baba-prague]

This question comes up very regularly here and there has been a huge amount of discussion on it.

You might get the answers you need if you take a look at these threads:

http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread...ight=copyright

http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread...ight=copyright

http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread...ight=copyright

But if you do a search on "copyright" here you'll find lots more.

Hope that helps.

[Katitzi]

Wow, thank you so much for the links, now I get it, the search function is the code... I am a newbie here so forgive me...thanks again and I´ll return with new questions after having gone through the links.

blessings

Katitzi