: Using a portion of an image owned by someone else to derive another image would be a question of derivative work, not of fair use. Wikipedia indicates that to be a derivative work, "The

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Using a portion of an image owned by someone else to derive another image would be a question of derivative work, not of fair use. Wikipedia indicates that to be a derivative work, "The transformation, modification or adaptation of the work must be substantial and bear its author's personality to be original and thus protected by copyright." Starting with the original image then using a program like Inkscape to trace vectors, then saving only the vectors would be an a substantial modification but it couldn't be construed as having its author's personality; its author is Inkscape. When you start editing and playing with those vectors and spend hours making it just right, then that bears your personality a hell of a lot more than a Mona Lisa with a mustache; that's a derivative work. I don't know, I'm not a lawyer, but it seems like the scenario described in the OP is likely to be derivative work.

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