Q: I want to use a religious symbol I found online for a poster. Are religious symbols free of copyright?
The poster is for free meditation classes offered by a 501 c 3 only.
A:
Religious symbols are not necessarily free of copyright protection. If the image you found online was created by an artist, and has some very minimal level of creativity applied to the work, that artist was granted copyright protection, even if the underlying symbol is in the public domain or otherwise free of copyright.
Are you interested in reselling the poster, or just having one printed for your own personal use? Contact the artist and see if they license the work for such purposes.
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