Great Post! This is an important topic to discuss considering the power of an upvote on Steem. There is the issue of original content creators intentionally placing their images into the public domain. Those images will not likely be protected by copyright laws. Additionally, you have the issues of distribution and intent. There are many more facets that a judge may consider, but those three are the big ones. That being said, the photography you've presented appears protected as long as you haven't posted on a platform that was considered public domain. Also, it's important for content creators to remember that they have the capacity to ask for their work to be taken down if the they haven't been paid for the right to use it. That's likely the first thing a lawyer would do for you, they'd just charge you for it.
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