This article presents a side to intellectual property rights that it's all too easy to overlook when you are constantly hearing about patent trolls, the MPAA/RIAA, and so on. Copyright is intended to benefit people just like you and me for whom content creation such as this is how they feed their children and keep a roof over their heads.
This does also highlight the need for due diligence if you're using images that you've found on the Internet though. This is often easier than you might expect -- you just have to upload your image to Google image search, and it will do a pretty good job of helping you track the original creator.
This does also highlight the need for due diligence if you're using images that you've found on the Internet though. This is often easier than you might expect -- you just have to upload your image to Google image search, and it will do a pretty good job of helping you track the original creator.