Copyright Infringement

[RedDuke50]

I printed pictures from Google Images and taped them to my wall. I also made Word documents of prayers from the internet and pasted a picture of something on one and gave it to someone.

Would any of these be copyright infringement? I’m asking here because I learned that it is a sin. (mortal, I think) I was reading recently about reproducing things is infringement. (I’m scrupulous)

Thank you

 

[Catholic90]

No, this is not illegal.

You cannot profit off these things (ie. sell them to someone else), but you can use them yourself.

 

[runningdude]

Prayers are posted on the internet for people to use! No need to worry about this one

 

[RedDuke50]

Thank you for your replies. I guess I had nothing to worry about.

 

[AHapka]

For further reading, you should really resarch “fair use.” There are a lot more nuances to copyright law than you might think. It’s interesting reading.

Generally, if you have legally acquired something and make a copy for personal use you are fine.

 

[edwest2]

I printed pictures from Google Images and taped them to my wall. I also made Word documents of prayers from the internet and pasted a picture of something on one and gave it to someone.

Would any of these be copyright infringement? I’m asking here because I learned that it is a sin. (mortal, I think) I was reading recently about reproducing things is infringement. (I’m scrupulous)

Thank you

Regarding google images, why not find out on the google images support site?

support.google.com/images/bin/search.py?hl=en&query=copyright&ctx=en:searchbox

And always check other sites which usually have a message about what can and cannot be done with images or text from their site.

Peace,
Ed