reproduction for purposes of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research
You would be guilty of copyright infringement, a federal crime.
Infringement is punishable by fines ranging from $750 to $30,000.
Infringement is the use, without permission, of copyrighted material that does not fall under a "fair use" or other exception to copyright law,
'Copyright infringement' means the unauthorised copying, downloading, etc of copyright material - songs, photos, movies, texts etc. It is illegal and people caught doing it may be punished by the law.
A) Use only original material B) Use only material confirmed to be in the public domain C) Find the copyright holder of any other material and, in writing, obtain the necessary permissions.
The reproduction or use of someone else's copyright material without permission or license.Copyright infringement is the unauthorized or prohibited use of works under copyright, infringing the copyright holder's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works.
Copyright infringement in general is copying, altering, or distributing protected material without the permission of the copyright holder. If you have a software license to put a program on one computer and you put it on two, you have infringed the copyright. More details can be found in the End User Licensing Agreement (EULA) of the program.
Attribution merely means you know who owns it; it doesn't mean you have a right to use it.
The best way to avoid copyright infringement is...1) Use only material you create yourself2) Use only material that you are certain is in the public domain3) Use only material that you have obtained permission for the rights holder4) Use only material that allows use under a specific agreement (Creative Commons/copyleft/etc)
You could be if you were trying to cross an international border with a large amount of infringing material. You can also go to prison for it.
No. Simply using a piece of software like frostwire is not a copyright infringement. There are legitimate uses for file sharing networks. It is only when copyrighted material is shared without permission that an infringement occurs.
Assuming the graphics and animations are not in the public domain, and that your webpage would not qualify for a "fair use" exemption yes copying the material would be an infringement of copyright.