Should You or Should Not?

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Zatanna
Tags: copyright, greg horn | Categories Comics, Drawings, Ramblings

This has been bugging me for a while. Since I can’t explain it well, I’ll just give you an example.

The artist Greg Horn allows/encourages people to make signatures and avatars from his work. He also doesn’t mind when people photoshop some of his work to look funny. Do you think it would be ok if someone made a signature and/or avatar without asking for his permission? Chances are he won’t mind, so do you think you shouldn’t bother e-mailing him to ask?

Or do you think you should e-mail him to ask anyways?

Would it matter if he refuses to let you use it? A lot of his work belongs to companies so if they allowed you to use his work, would his refusal be overwritten?(Unlikely scenario)

If a company encourages fan art/fiction and so does an artist, should you ask for permission anyways or do you think that it shouldn’t matter?

That thought pops in my head every once in a while. Especially now that I’m thinking of starting up a few fan listings.