Amsonia
It occurs to me that one issue with actually selling this deck is, some creators may do digital collage using photos or artwork they found online - which may or may not be copyright-free. I noticed at least one card so far is a digital collage, though I don't know the sources for the art used.
If we end up with several digital collage cards, it could be a major headache to screen out ones that violate copyright. Imagine the headache if AT gets in trouble down the road, when original artists realize their copyrighted work was used without permission? Such cases would probably be a copyright violation whether the deck ends up printed or just online, but selling seems a lot more serious...
Something to think about.
FYI - All three photos used in my card, Ace of Wands, are mine. I am granting a "Rights Managed" use of them for this project. There will be no headaches with my card anyway...but you are right...it does need to be looked after...
You are right, it doesn't matter if you sell it or not, if you don't have the rights to use something, even posting it digitally online or giving it out for free is still copyright infringement. Each artist should be knowledgeable about what they are using...it is amazing how many people think it is OK to use someone else's original work in a collage and think they can call it their own...sometimes it is, and sometimes it isn't...but each artist must do their homework if they are going to venture out into that nebulous blur of legalities. I like to keep it simple and only use my own work, but even then you aren't 100% covered. For instance, did you know that the lighting on the Eiffel tower is copyright protected? If you take a picture of the Eiffel tower during the day you can sell it, if you take one at night, you have to get copyright release from the building owner to sell or even post it to your Facebook page, the photo that YOU took of their building...it can get really complicated...Yuck, what a world we live in! Crazy! http://hoaxes.org/weblog/comments/is_the_eiffel_tower_copyrighted It also get's messy when logo's are involved...
Anyway, I'm not a lawyer...but I am a semi/pro photographer...