Loose is the operative word here. Fanfiction in of itself really isn't a copyright violation unless you are publishing it for profit or mass distribution so that it is in competition with the author's original work. Icons? Same deal. Mostly they serve as great advertisments for the original work. Vids? A little more dicey. But same general analysis applies. A commericial for both the tune and the original work.
Now - scanning entire comics into a file to be downloaded? Entire Magazine articles? Books? Or sharing albums or songs? That is a copyright violation and people do it a lot on lj. They are smart enough to do it via friends locked posts however... But it's a still a huge violation.
Regarding the plant? I doubt they'll care if you make multiple plants in your backyard. But - if you make cuttings and start selling them? Or giving to a lot of people - then you may have problem. LOL!
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Date: 2007-08-20 12:29 am (UTC)Now - scanning entire comics into a file to be downloaded? Entire Magazine articles? Books? Or sharing albums or songs? That is a copyright violation and people do it a lot on lj. They are smart enough to do it via friends locked posts however... But it's a still a huge violation.
Regarding the plant? I doubt they'll care if you make multiple plants in your backyard. But - if you make cuttings and start selling them? Or giving to a lot of people - then you may have problem. LOL!