<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 2:45 PM, Tony Longshanks LeTigre <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anthonyletigre@gmail.com" target="_blank">anthonyletigre@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On a tangentially related note, question about copyright: if you reproduce copyrighted material without permission, but with no intention of making money, & without making any money, is it still illegal? I suppose so, but I'm not sure.<br>
</blockquote></div><br>The answer may be yes or no, depending on the copyright license. The copyright holder may choose any license or only grant permission on a case-by-case basis entirely at their discretion.<br><br>
In cases of multiple copyright holders or derivative work, the holder's licensing abilities may be more restricted or predetermined by the original holder.<br><br>Keywords for further reading, especially if you are an artist: copyright license, Creative Commons, GNU license, fair use, viral license.<br>
<br>General Rule of Thumb: If you aren't sure if you have permission to reproduce material, you probably don't have it.<br clear="all">
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