Comment by Almondsetat
3 years ago
That's not an unautharized copy, it's unauthorized distribution. By the same metric me seeing the image and copying it by hand is also unauthorized copy (or reproduction is you will)
3 years ago
That's not an unautharized copy, it's unauthorized distribution. By the same metric me seeing the image and copying it by hand is also unauthorized copy (or reproduction is you will)
IANAL, but I’m pretty sure copying an image by hand is copyright violation.
So you cannot train your drawing skills by copying other people's artworks?
You can do it in private, but you can’t distribute the resulting image, let alone sell it.
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The answer is "it depends". Distribution is not a hard requirement for copyright violation. It can significantly impact monetary judgements.
That said, there is also an inherent right to copy material that is published online in certain circumstances. Indeed, the physical act of displaying an image in a browser involves making copies of that image in cache, memory, etc.