# Does Live Trace in Illustrator eliminate copyright infringement? **URL:** \ **Category:** design\ **Created:** [April 11, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/does-live-trace-in-illustrator-eliminate-copyright-infringement/185245 "2006-04-11T23:03:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![swamyg1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@swamyg1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/swamyg1)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/does-live-trace-in-illustrator-eliminate-copyright-infringement/185245/1 "2006-04-11T23:03:46Z")
Hey All… I’m wondering if vectorizing an image makes it so that the image is no longer the original copyrighted image that it was… it can be done is Illustrator CS2 with the Live Trace feature. Does anybody know the answer to this? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![iLikePie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85f322/32.png) [@iLikePie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iLikePie)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/does-live-trace-in-illustrator-eliminate-copyright-infringement/185245/2 "2006-04-11T23:57:44Z")
i think someone asked this question a few months ago. Try searching in this forum for it. briefly though, i’ve heard that if you change an image 70% then its an original image, so i guess technically live trace does this. I tend to think its easier to get my own image and vectorise that anyway, as i have more control over what it looks like. ---
**Author:** ![swamyg1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@swamyg1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/swamyg1)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/does-live-trace-in-illustrator-eliminate-copyright-infringement/185245/3 "2006-04-12T00:21:21Z")
I couldn’t find the post you were talking about… does anyone else have any input? ---
**Author:** ![iLikePie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85f322/32.png) [@iLikePie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iLikePie)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 1:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/does-live-trace-in-illustrator-eliminate-copyright-infringement/185245/4 "2006-04-12T01:58:33Z")
i don’t know how to put this without sounding rude… search. i found it in approximately 4 seconds with a search for “copyright” > **[Does This Constitute Stealing or Copyright Violation?](https://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=202632&highlight=copyright)** > > Got a web design/development question or just want to hang out with the most awesome people on the planet? Drop on in! ---
**Author:** ![rawnewdlz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@rawnewdlz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rawnewdlz)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 2:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/does-live-trace-in-illustrator-eliminate-copyright-infringement/185245/5 "2006-04-12T02:40:20Z")
I believe it technically would still be considered copyright infringement. In any case, you should get a lawyer. ---
**Author:** ![simplistik](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/simplistik/32/7747_2.png) [@simplistik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/simplistik)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 3:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/does-live-trace-in-illustrator-eliminate-copyright-infringement/185245/6 "2006-04-12T03:06:18Z")
it is copyright infringement, if you put a new cover on the da vinci code, it doesn’t make it not the da vinci code. ---
**Author:** ![vini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c77e96/32.png) [@vini](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vini)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/does-live-trace-in-illustrator-eliminate-copyright-infringement/185245/7 "2006-04-12T03:22:56Z")
It is definitely a Copyright infringment ---
**Author:** ![swamyg1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@swamyg1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/swamyg1)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/does-live-trace-in-illustrator-eliminate-copyright-infringement/185245/8 "2006-04-12T03:45:12Z")
Ok thanks for the input… I don’t need a lawyer cuz I didn’t do anything wrong BTW. Thanks for all of your input and now I get the point.