you put it in something that you made, without asking them. if i took a car, is it stealing it? acording to your logic, no. I'm just using it after all :? you people really dont understand copyrite laws... lets say i have a class lets say 'screen printing' (silk printing, fabric printing, in other words painting shirts/clothes) and i want to make a shirt with a 'nike' symbol on it. is that stealing? no its not, but if i take that shirt and go sell it, then it is infringing on 'nike's' coypright laws. in my eyes, posts complaining about 'rips' or 'steals' should be considered spam and dealt with accordinly (unless the person is breaking copyright laws, ie. selling a sig with ripped art in it)