: Can I print an online image to frame it for personal use? I found some beautiful hi-res images online and want to print them just to frame and hang in my home. The images came from personal

@Ogunnowo857

While it's highly unlikely you'd face a lawsuit over one print, it technically wouldn't fall under 'fair use' standards, from what I see. A photographer or their employer inherently owns copyright on the image.

According to U.S. copyright law, "There may be situations in which the reproduction of a photograph may be a “fair use” under the copyright law. Information about fair use may be found at: copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html. That page states "One of the rights accorded to the owner of copyright is the right to reproduce or to authorize others to reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords."

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