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Originally Posted by rainy-taxi  You have a nice painting hanging in your home, on the wall. I make an exact replica of that painting for my own use. Did I just stole your painting?
If you think I did, why did I still left it (the original one, the one you own and still do) hanging on the wall? |
Actually yes this is illegal.
The original painting is a one-off artwork, by cloning it exactly you are hurting the original artist, and also hurting the owner because their original might drop in value.