Artist Defends Photoshop Plug-In After Lawsuit Threat by Famous Photog

This is why some of the filters I make can't be online.

http://www.petapixel.com/2012/07/12/a...qus_thread

Well remember he did post here...
http://www.filterforge.com/forum/read...ssage92135
Then if I remember his used images from Chucks..

i believe carl is right. you cant copyright a style. however, using his name in your filter would or could be a violation. you cant use someone else's name or likeness for commercial gain without their permission. this is why you see faces blurred out sometimes on tv.

but, i could be wrong on all of the above. your best bet is to check out the actual copyright laws on: http://www.copyright.gov/

whoa, whoa, whoa... be VERY specific here, morgantao! you absolutely can use a filter commercially if you submit it to the library. and, all filters ARE copyrighted! read the author's eula and the end user's eula. you retain all copyrights to any filter you submit to the library. you are simply granting filter forge, inc. the right to use and distribute it. and i'd have to go look again, but i think you're granting them exclusive right, meaning once you submit it to the library you couldnt then sell it somewhere else. though, i dont know who would buy it once it was in the library. but, even if your filter is in the library, you still retain the copyrights.

also, any filter you DON'T submit to the library you have the copyright to. and, you could sell that one.

i think i know what you were trying to say, but when talking about copyrights you want to be very clear and very specific!

also, one shld be very careful about the 'commercial gain' thing. in most cases i've seen, commericial gain or not is irrelevant. if you copy a copyrighted work, even if it's just to put on your facebook page, for instance, you could still be sued, even though there was no commercial gain involved.

it shld also be pointed out that i'm only talking about american copyrights here. i know there are differences in other countries. and again, visit the copyright site and study copyrights. all artists shld have a good working knowledge of what's actually legal and what's not.