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This only applies if they distribute it. Making a board game with copyrighted images for personal use is (As far as I know) perfectly okay.
– Programmdude
Commented Oct 1, 2019 at 0:42
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You are mistaken. It is the act of copying that violates the copyright.
– bdb484
Commented Oct 1, 2019 at 2:11
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On the flip side: it would essentially be impossible to show damages for that home-made board game, and there would insufficient public interest to justify criminal prosecution.
– MSalters
Commented Oct 1, 2019 at 7:40
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@bdb484 : who would suffer those damages? If the game was distributed, then yes, every game someone gets from the OP is potentially one less game being sold by the copyright owner. But if someone is creating and playing it privately, what damages does the copyright owner suffer? Singing a copyrighted song in a forest where no one can hear it is still technically illegal, but who is damaged if no one can hear it?
– vsz
Commented Oct 1, 2019 at 11:52
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@bdb484 It would be easy to show use, yes, but not to demonstrate that the copyright owner suffered more than trivial damages (i.e. the value of buying the game/image) as a result of that use, because it was private personal use.
– ArtOfCode
Commented Oct 1, 2019 at 11:53

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