Situation 1:
Blogger A visit's Blogger B's blog and really likes a photograph on Blogger B's blog. Blogger A saves the photo to her computer and uses it in her blog post the following day. Blogger A does not communicate with Blogger B, does not give credit to Blogger B, and does not use the image for a reason that falls under fair use.
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Situation 2:
Blogger C sees a sidebar element on Blogger D's blog that he really likes and thinks would look great on his own blog. Blogger D created the sidebar element and also went through the legal process of copyrighting his sidebar elements. Blogger C sends Blogger D an e-mail asking for permission to use the sidebar element on his own blog, and even promises to attribute credit for the element design to Blogger D on the bottom of Blogger C's blog. Blogger D responds quickly, giving permission to Blogger C to use the sidebar element. Blogger C adds Blogger D's sidebar element to the sidebar of his own blog after the email exchange.
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Situation 3:
Blogger E is an elementary school teacher searching for some ideas about how to teach her students more about grammar. Blogger E stumbles upon a grammar blog written and operated by Blogger F. Blogger E leaves a comment on one of Blogger F's posts saying how great the blog is, and then Blogger E saves several of the posts (text and images) to her own computer. Blogger E then prints out the posts to share with her students the next day to teach them about grammar. Later that week, Blogger E posts the same text and images from Blogger F's blog on her own blog, and emails her students' parents with the link to her blog. In the email, she encourages parents to use the posts to review grammar information with their students at home. The following week, Blogger F clicks on Blogger E's comment, which leads back to Blogger E's blog. Blogger F scrolls down Blogger E's blog and eventually sees the posts (text and images) she originally posted on Blogger E's blog. Blogger F is furious and wants to sue Blogger E for copyright infringement.
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Copyright infringement involves the illegal or unapproved use of a copyrighted work by another, and this is also sometimes known as piracy. If copyright infringement occurs, the copyright holder can sue the accused for infringement and have their legal fees covered if the work has been registered as a copyright.
Consider including “the purpose and character of the use (commercial or nonprofit educational purposes), the nature of the work, the amount and substantiality of the portion used, and the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work” (U.S. Copyright Office).
The 1976 Copyright Act still acts as the guide to determine what categories of intellectual product can be protected under law (Herrington, 30). 
The exclusive rights that a copyright holder has include the right to make copies of the work and sell those copies, the right to create derivative works, the right to display the work, the right to import or export the work, and the right to sell or transfer the aforementioned rights to another person(s).
Herrington, TyAnna. Intellectual Property on Campus: Students' Rights and Responsibilities. SIU Press, 2010.