Revision

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In art, a revision either refers to a newer, revised version or variant of an artwork by the original artist, or by a different artist. It is also known as a derived work.

Legal situation

Copyright law protects any creative work. The right to make derived works is by default only with the copyright holder. Artists who want to permit other artists to create derived works need to give them explicit permission, such as by licensing the work under the GFDL or the Creative Commons licenses CC-BY or CC-BY-SA, or by releasing their work to the public domain.

In contrast, Creative Commons licenses with the ND clause ("no derivatives") explicitly forbid the creation of revised versions.

All images on the Spanking Art wiki have to be released under licenses that permit derivates, according to our Image use policy.

Depending on the license, it may be legally required for the artist who makes a revised work to credit the original artist. But even in those cases where it is not legally required (such as when the original work has entered the public domain), it is considered good style to credit the original source.

Revisions of spanking art

Some spanking artists create some or large parts of their works by revising existing works by other artists. For example, Toma, Lee Warner and Ron Wilson.

Here is an example:

Spanking artists that explicitly do not permit modifications of their work include the Palcomix team.

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