Rose_P

I want to back Jacquie up on this, because it is absolutely true, not just pictures, but words and other intellectual property belong to the person who created them and are not there for the pickin'. To anyone out there who wants to possibly use your own picture in, say, a book that you will publish later, think twice before putting it up on the Internet because theft of intellectual property is so rampant that many people just assume there's nothing wrong with it.

There is a concept of fair use, but that's pretty murky water and hard to defend in court, unless you've studied the law and know for certain that what you're doing falls into that category. That said, it's not likely that anyone will ever have reason to raid your computer and discover that you've saved screen shots of various quilts and poems or whatever for your own inspiration and reference later. If you're not spreading these things around without permission and failing to give credit to the person they belong to, and if you're not using them to make a profit, you are probably on safe ground. It's just time for people to show a little more respect for the creative works of others.