By: Ken Foreman
As someone who has had his photos stolen several times from flickr for use on minor and major blogs alike, IK truly think the public needs to be better educated on copyright, fair use, and Creative...
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By: Ani López
@ann @adelaida Attribution License “as long as you link back to the author” not really, you just have to mention/credit the autohor no link is required although a link back is a nice way to do it....
View ArticleBy: Paul - leeds photo daily
Hi Ann Nice post, pointing out a very common misconception amongst the online community. I know many of my city daily photo community have started watermarking all their images, some discretely and...
View ArticleBy: Mandy
Thank you for the post. Sourcing imagery can be a time consuming process – finding the right image can make or break a design. Once you have found the best image its only right to seek permission to...
View ArticleBy: website design montreal
yeah, I agree but there are plenty of other free photo sites are available on internet so why to worry about flickr ?
View ArticleBy: Howard
I’ve given the whole web photo stealing idea some thought. To me it boils down to who’s getting paid. The creator and the thief seem to have potential for payment no matter how the photo is used. Most...
View ArticleBy: Michael VanDeMar
In turn, the creator gets free publicity. My hope as a photo creator is that my work DOES get stolen, and by a lucrative thief with a good site… Doesn’t it make sense that if you absolutely don’t want...
View ArticleBy: Angela
Important reminder and clarification for people. I think it’s also crucial to point out that Fair Use is different for lots of countries, especially the US and UK. Site owners need to be aware of the...
View ArticleBy: Zoki
So lets sat Flickr allows embedding for a particular image. Actually Flickr allows embedding for pretty much every image. So why do they do that, it is endorsing to violate laws. Keep in mind that for...
View ArticleBy: Victoria
In college we talked a lot about copyright licenses and a lot of people believe that if somebody didn’t go through many steps, they do not own copyright, but this is entirely incorrect. It is so...
View ArticleBy: George Murphy
This is an excellent post. It’s so easy to do a Google images search, save it, and rename it assuming you’ll never get caught- but with the rise of Internet lawyers it might not be long until people...
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[...] also know that we cannot use just any images we find on the web: we need to respect the creator’s [...]
View ArticleBy: Rhenna W.
Can your work be labeled “For non-commercial Use” if it is not your original work? If the artist/author, etc., has been dead for at least 70 years their work is of public domain. This has been an...
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View ArticleBy: April
I am a student at an art college (I work full time and going to school at the same time) and I find it really time hard to find good photos. For the projects I am working on, it is expected to use very...
View ArticleBy: Ann Smarty
I assume you’ll still need to ask for permission to use it. Your portfolio website is still open to public
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[…] on a limited budget, you could try creative commons content from sites like MorgueFile and Flickr (Respect the authors’ copyrights […]
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[…] Often, it’s not required but is still advisable as the way to thank the creator. Here’s an easy guide on copyright restrictions or licenses visual and media files may fall […]
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