[LM_NET] Copyright Violation?

[Susan Grigsby <susan.grigsby@GMAIL.COM>]

Someone asked me a question this morning and I thought I would pose it to
the collective wisdom.
I was asked if it was a copyright violation to take old, discarded books
(Goodwill, Friends of the Library castoffs - nostalgic illustrations from
the early 30s, 40s, 50, and 60s), take them apart, and use the pictures to
create a new piece of artwork. The artist said she would make a note on the
piece where the pages had come from and credit the original
author/illustrator. Would this be considered a derivative work or would this
be a violation of the author's copyright? TIA for your insight!

--
Susan Grigsby, Teacher-Librarian
Midvale Elementary School
Atlanta, Georgia
susan.grigsby@gmail.com

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