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A comment on Canadian anti-piracy outfit pirates photos for its website. Parent comment
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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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."