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Copyright laws provide for statutory penalties of up to $150,000 per infringement. Fact is many people just don't understand the law and perhaps others don't even realize they are breaking the law when they take an image or feature from a website. Even if you believe an item is free, your best course of action is to email the owner and ask for permission to use the item.

"Intellectual Property" issues are handled slightly different from some other types of law. ("Intellectual Property" is how the law describes anything that an individual creates that is unique in nature. (IE. Books, photos, graphics, web designs etc). In other types of law if someone claims you stole something from them, they have to prove that you did. In the world of "copyright infringement", you have to prove that you didn't.