I read the tweet below from @AuthorCCallahn and thought, ah copyright law. My old nemesis.
Friendly reminder that all art/images belong to their owners. If you aren’t buying the rights, you probably can’t use it.
That means any aesthetics you make using pictures from google images/pinterest/etc. are stolen work and you can be sued for it. Don’t steal art.— Cit Callahan (@AuthorCCallahan) 29 January 2019
I kid. It’s not my nemesis. But as a librarian, I’ve come across questions of copyright more often than your average teacup. So I thought I’d share my knowledge, to keep us all on the safe side of the copyright beast.
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