White Night
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- Nov 29, 2013
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sorry for my silly question, but will I get sue if I spin article from some famous site like: BBC.com or huffingtonpost.com or michaelbay.com/
thank you
thank you
I'm unfamiliar with IG, although I've covered the topic of copyright on this forum a few times:
To add to this and better answer your question, providing a link back to the source does not excuse copyright infringement if the infringer is using the images in a commercial setting or claiming them as his/her own.You can use the images if you have the consent of the copyright owner of the images, if you are the copyright owner of the images, or if the image is labelled for reuse. Doing otherwise can result in unwanted penalties that could have been easily avoided.
For example, in the case that you were to visit one of my websites, pilfer my images, and then place them on your website (with or without a source is irrelevant), this would leave you vulnerable to immediate litigation as I am not required to give you a warning before becoming litigious. These penalties are not low, either; they can range as low as $200 to as high as $150,000.
However, most copyright owners will either not care or they will ask for a link back to their website in exchange for using their images, although there have been cases where the copyright owner of an image has decided to sue the infringer without any prior warning. Again, this doesn't happen often, but I personally do not take the risk and only use images that I've created or images that have been labelled for reuse.
Of course, I'm not a lawyer, so it's better to contact one about the legality of this to understand whether or not the copyright holders can become litigious in this situation.
No kidding.In America, you can sue anyone for anything. Chances are they're not going to bother with you. It simply isn't worth their time.
An idiot sued Michael Jordan because he says Michael Jordan looks like him. This supposedly causes people everywhere to approach him. He sued Michael Jordan AND the founder of Nike, Phil Knight, for $832 million dollars. And guess who was the lawyer representing this moron? Himself.