Here’s an interesting one.  Look at these two images.  Clearly, the first photo was turned into the digitally-enhanced second image.  Easy enough.  

But here’s where it went weird.  A top newspaper published the altered image, in a story about vineyard tours in Europe and changed important details like the location and who was represented.  

When contacted by the offended photographer the publication answered their work was “transformative” and thus original; meaning he had no recourse.  Who’s right?  

This case seems an easy one, but we’re about to see a LOT more of this – and in much more subtle forms – across the arts, music, literature, product design, software, etc.