Is it legal to save a picture from the internet and then send it to my friends?
<p>I'm talking about pictures of cats or flowers or a meme, nothing extreme. Is it technically legal or illegal for me to do this?</p>

<p>Generally speaking, it is illegal for you to do this.</p>
<p>Copyright gives the creator of the image the exclusive right to copy it, and just making copies to send to other people is probably not going to be <a href="https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/32422/is-this-copyright-infringement-is-it-fair-use-what-if-i-dont-make-any-money-o/32423#32423">fair use</a>. Making copies without a license from the copyright holder would therefore be copyright infringement.</p>
<p>Are there likely to be any consequences for doing this? Probably not.</p>

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