Needs an image: Throw Down The Bomblet

Magic art is already existent on some pages, like Everything's Worse With Bees. That's why I assumed it was okay. This whole copyright issue in general, I have no clue what's going on, frankly. :)

I think we're invoking Fair Use on any professional work. We try to get permission for any fanart. Anything with a big watermark is bad though, because it looks like shit.

So an image with a small copyright notice is okay, then?

I don't know. I generally consider an "artist scribble" okay.

If it does fall under Fair Use, then obviously there are other versions of any Magic art out there, although probably not as high quality (though you probably wouldn't have to shrink it)...

Want to use Bomberman, then?

^ Yeah, I think we should.

I'd really prefer the Magic card art, it does a much better job of illustrating the trope. But if it will finally get a picture on there, then okay, use the Bomberman image.

Crowner?

Bump...Bomberman?

Bomberman.

Gawd...I just had "Bomberman! Bomberman! Blows shit up like no one can!" to the old Spider-Man cartoon theme in my head.

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edited 25th Mar '11 10:12:26 AM by Willbyr

Just to ask, where did others get the Magic art that's on other pages as page images? Might it be an alternate source for the one suggested earlier?

If there's legal hassle, though, I suppose Bomberman is okay... Too bad he doesn't reflect the personality thing mentioned, though.

Although Dr McNinja doesn't usually use explosives and fit the trope, would this page work for the trope (the bottom three panels)?

edited 26th Mar '11 1:31:12 AM by TrapperZoid

MTG art doesn't naturally have copyright symbols.◊

Yeah, there are signatures sometimes, but they're really small (so that they're not too hard to spot on larger versions, but near-impossible to see on the card) and the artist is credited in small print on the card anyways.

Also, I think Fair Use can apply here.

All the images suggested so far are equally protected by copyright. We should pick based on which one represents the trope the best.

EDIT: Crowner

edited 31st Mar '11 7:20:49 AM by ccoa

Onslaught can't be used. It has a copyright logo, which is grounds for immediate disqualification.

...We already went over this earlier in the thread. There's no reason a visible copyright should disqualify an image. Either we have Fair Use, in which case we can use it, or we don't, in which case we can't use any image without explicit permission.

It's listed on How To Pick A Good Image. I've seen quite a few otherwise-good images get pulled for copyright notices.

Then How To Pick A Good Image is wrong.

And all the pulls we've had in the past for copyright signs are also wrong?

Yes, they are. Made a TRS thread for it.

So you did. Let's take this over there for the moment.

Uh, in this case, why don't we avoid the problem by just proposing a version of Commando Raid that doesn't have the copyright notice printed on it? The original art doesn't, after all!