> Here is the US definition of a derivative: > > --------- > A “derivative work” is a work based upon one or more > preexisting works, such > as a translation, musical arrangement, dramatization, > fictionalization, > motion picture version, sound recording, art reproduction, > abridgment, > condensation, or any other form in which a work may be > recast, transformed, > or adapted. A work consisting of editorial revisions, annotations, > elaborations, or other modifications, which, as a whole, represent an > original work of authorship, is a “derivative work”. > URL: http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#101
Here is Brazilian definition of derivative, just for the kicks (*): "art. 5º - [...] VIII - work: [...] g) derivative - the one that, while constituting an intellectually-novel creation, is the result of a transformation applied over the original work; [...] (Lei 9610/98 - "Lei de Direitos Autorais"/"Author's Rights Act") (translation mine) (*) no, not really, but I think it's more approximate to the Berne Convention definition, too. -- HTH, Massa
