Do moderate digital changes to an illustration constitute infringement?

Subject: Re: Do moderate digital changes to an illustration constitute infringement?

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: Let's say I am a graphic designer working for a non-profit community center. For my employer, I commission an illustrator to create a cartoon image of a knight on the back of a buffalo, to incorporate into a logo going onto the uniforms and office letterheads for a non-profit little league football team. : After receiving the artist's work, I photographed the image on my scanner and made the following changes using Adobe Photoshop: : -- deleted the light orange and black polka dot shading on the knight's cape (about 1/3 the size of the illustration) and filled with a solid, darker orange : -- subsituted gray for the green on the knights armor : -- deleted the black and white background images of other knights, and filled in a solid black : -- lengthened by an inch and added a silver point to an all-black "jousting spear" : -- deleted creator's name, signed in prominent letters with black ink on a light-colored area : -- added the name of the team in the background, "touching" the knight figure : After making these changes, would I get the copywright, or would the illustrator? : Please email response.

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