schizandra
I was hoping someone might clue me in as to the copyright laws regarding "redrawing" or "recoloring" a classic deck to make a new "clone" deck. I'm thinking of decks such as the Radiant RW and Universal Waite, or even the Liber T (at least for the majors). These decks are deliberately very similar to the RWS or Thoth, basically taking the same images and drawing/coloring them in a different style. Did the creators of those clone decks need to obtain legal permissions before publishing them? Or is the copyright for classic decks limited to the exact images in their respective decks, therefore making merely SIMILAR images safe from copyright infringement?