Ah but see, if someone were to take my photography (which I do sell) and try to edit it and claim it as theirs... well that is plagiarism, and you can bet your ass I will be calling my lawyer to contact them.

So go ahead and do what you’ve been doing. It may never have a causal affect on your life, and one day it might – you might take and regurgitate something that the original creator doesn’t want regurgitated elsewhere and end up in court.