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Can I copy an image from a website and use it for test websites that are ONLY on my local drive?

by bigcat1967
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I'm learning CSS now - and I would love to get more practice in imitating other people's websites on my local drive ONLY. I wouldn't dare put this on the internet - it would be for practice only.

So today, I found a great website I would love to imitate and download their images to my local drive - and try to replicate their page. Again - all will be on my local drive and not uploaded to my host.

Before I start doing this - I want to make sure that this is ok to do.

I googled this, but really couldn't find an answer.
#copy #drive #image #local #website #websites
  • Profile picture of the author Devon Kiss
    On your local developing environment that is not facing the public with a server, by all means you can do this! This is how almost everyone in the business would have gotten started in some fashion.

    You are not infringing on any copyright you are simply learning and researching methods that will work for you in the future for your own branding, etc.

    Everyone in the industry I know has done this in some shape or form and if anyone says otherwise, well they are simply lying.

    I'm not saying, sure download all their imagery and CSS, etc save it on your local drive and then "repurpose it" and sell it, that would be illegal. But for learning purposes... absolutely okay to do.

    Example: Microsoft looks at what Apple is doing to improve their own business. I'm sure they screen shot, look at code, and download imagery from Apple to their local systems because of competition.

    In a learning environment this is completely okay!
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  • Profile picture of the author Media04
    Even if you host them on a server and put them on a live website, it doesn't mean they actually own those images (check trademarks and copyrights)

    sometimes a link saying that images of some content is from a website is more than enough to stay out problems.

    don't be bothered with that, but again, check trademarks and copyrights first.
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    • Profile picture of the author yukon
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      Originally Posted by Media04 View Post

      Even if you host them on a server and put them on a live website, it doesn't mean they actually own those images (check trademarks and copyrights)

      sometimes a link saying that images of some content is from a website is more than enough to stay out problems.

      don't be bothered with that, but again, check trademarks and copyrights first.


      OP is learning CSS offline.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    If a tree falls in a forest an nobody is around, does it make a noise?

    It's fine either way considering it's never going to be live (same images) on the web.
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  • Profile picture of the author Media04
    OP is worried about taking a picture online to use it offline, myself explaning that even if she was doing it online, no one would really care unless specific rules on trademarks/copyrights.
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