Under current US copyright law the maximum "standard" fine for "willful and deliberate" copyright infringement can be as high as $150,000.00 USD.
Using copyright-free materials is much cheaper and easier than negotiating for a license with the copyright holder of a protected work.
If the photo is altered for comedic effect, it may be used under the copyright exceptions for satire. However, no alteration can remove the copyright from a photo.
Censorship can be used to remove copyright material if the material does not belong to you.
Unfortunately, there is no clear answer to this in the law, and no apparent pattern to judgments.
Copyright regulations ACT 1969 (Commonwealth of Australia)
If you used copyright images anywhere (including a website) without the owner's permission (for which he might want a fee to be paid) the owner could use the law to make you pay.
They could have been fined $5000 for use of the word 'damn' in their dialogue, however, despite the legend that this took place, the Motion Picture Association Board passed an amendment on 1 November, 1939, which allowed the word to be used.
Fine can be used as an adjective, a noun, and a verb.Adjective: That is a fine piece of work.Noun: How much was the speeding fine?Verb: He was fined for speeding.
No, but they could be used as trademarks or the chemical composition patented (assuming it was an invention and not naturally occurring).
French copyright is the droit d'auteur, or "right of the author." However, the word "copyright" is increasingly used.
Public domain is the body of works no longer protected by copyright, which can be freely used by anyone for anything and it will not violate copyright law. However, some types of works include other rights such as trademarks or recognizable images of living individuals, which could be restricted under other laws.
In most countries (over 160), copyright is free. In a few countries where you can register copyright, a small fee is charged. In the USA, where copyright registration is optional until you want to sue in federal court, copyright registration costs $35 for each application. One application can be used to protect hundreds of works simultaneously in a collection.