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what incontrovertible facts are they BPO ? there is plenty of academic discussion regarding copyright infringement as theft as its the appropriation of the labours of another, whether the police see it that way is another matter as they retain discretion to prosecute, theft defined as the taking or conversion of the property of an other whether tangible or intangible, the link posted by naskies follows what the IP academics have been saying for the last 10 years
Morton H turning it into a saleable image may result in a new image that is the copyright of the new creator - its a grey area and depends in the eyes of the court on the nature and degree of what is taken
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