Unlike FlickR (which releases all photos unless stated otherwise under a creative commons license) I am unaware if Facebook actually allow you to republish posted content that you didn’t upload. Taking images from social networking websites without permission from the author more often than not is a criminal offence. Giving advice to get “free” (wrongly) photo’s is not only unethical but you’re pro-actively promoting criminal activities and could be held liable.
Popularity and maintaining a link does not protect you from being sued. In fact people who have the audacity to steal and then advertise that they took someone else’s work are just as bad as those who don’t post a link back. It’s pretty much the same as stealing someone’s software and then posting a thanks message on their support forums. People already assume that stealing with a digital paper trail is a good idea, don’t reinforce such poor judgement please.
I think it’s worth qualifying that you can’t use it for non-commercial usage either. Personal usage is not exempt from copyright - as taking an image and posting it to a non-profit blog is as equal in terms of theft as trying to cash in on the act. The only difference is that your legal costs won’t be subsidised by your income
Nice resources. Thanks for sharing. Actually, for me imaging your post/entry is one of the best way to attract your visitors and helps reduce bounce rate. Post/Entry with entertaining image intrigues your visitors that pushes them to read and comment on your posted article.
Putting a credit link doesn’t mean you can just use any pic you find on the web. Everything is copyrighted, and if it isn’t released under the right license, you’ll have to have to author’s permission to use the pic.
Great tips; thanks for sharing them. In the past, I mostly relied on photos from free stock sites. I still do a lot, but I have also started to utlize my own digital camera more. I like getting those 100% perfect shots instead of saying “yes, that will be okay.” It kind of makes me wonder why I didn’t think of something so simple sooner.
Picapp is really really awesome. Many people didn’t like them because they were slow early
on, but since then, they have really stepped up their game. They have stock photos, and
Media-related photos. I highly recommend checking them out. They’re completely free and
100% legal, from what management at the company told me.
Very good suggestions. I was really finding the same problems i.e. identifying royalty free images for using on the blog. I do not want to contravene anybody’s legal claim.
I liked the idea of using our own camera. I have also read many threads wherein people have claimed to have used their own photographs. So it isbetter to take your own photos, or get permission from your friends, relatives and acquaintances. That could be a good stock of images for use .
95% of royalty free photos on the web are not royalty free. They are still bound by a license which has to be examined. Many say royalty free, but not for commercial use (business). I understand your problem here.
They have stock photos, and