Let's be clear one more time.
Here "we" make money! That's mean COMMERCIAL USE!
FAIR-USE DOESN'T EXIST HERE.
"Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 17 U.S.C. § 106 and 17 U.S.C. § 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include:
- the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
- the nature of the copyrighted work;
- the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole;
- the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work."
I'm a stock photographer/illustrator for many years and I know what I'm talking about!
If he (masteryoda) had used one of my images, right now. the things would have ended very badly for him. We are not living in jungle!
We are civilized people or we should to be!
RESPECT THE COPYRIGHT! Make your own content!!!
PS: For others - Don't forget about Berne Convention !!!
http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ShowResults.jsp?treaty_id=15
Here here. It's really simple don't you think? And even after explaining it to people over and over again they still want to make excuses for profiting from others work. Is it just a product of our times that creative property is taken for granted? Back in my day, not to say digital art is bad at all, we actually had to paint and draw with pencils and brushes so theft of our work wasn't as commonplace. These days I guess young people don't understand that all of the pictures and videos they are seeing aren't all created with one click of the button. In my day if you wanted to copy someone else illustration you had to paint it yourself. These days you can ctrl-c, ctrl-v...
Bernie Sanders and I have something in common. We're getting old! But still kickin'!