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Re:Canadian anti-piracy outfit pirates photos for its website by coldpie on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @01:21PM (#5713431)
> If you don't do that, then any recognizable* use of someone else's image is a copyright violation.

Er, no. Fair use is actually fairly broad.

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Re:Canadian anti-piracy outfit pirates photos for its website by xsmasher on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @01:30PM (#5713489)
> Er, no. Fair use is actually fairly broad.

You are right, I didn't take fair use into account, and Fair Use does take "Transformative nature" into account.

Fair Use does not help the parent poster "make sure [they] don't get sued" though. Fair Use is a defense after you get to court.

I should have said "If you don't do that, then any recognizable use of someone else's image can result in a lawsuit."

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