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Thousands of images on the web don have a copyright notice, watermark, or Digimark®. Since nobody bothered to copy-protect them, why can I just download them for my own art and web site?

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Thousands of images on the web don have a copyright notice, watermark, or Digimark®. Since nobody bothered to copy-protect them, why can I just download them for my own art and web site?

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As of March 1, 1989, copyright notice is not required in order for the work to be protected by law. Downloading and copying “unprotected works” is an infringement, unless it is covered under fair use or other copyright exemptions.

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