DISQUS

Chris Johnson · 1 year ago

This should get the black pearl. Or something. Because it's ignored basic info.

Shannon Stanbro · 1 year ago

When you are taking your own photos, it is also good to know what is appropriate.

I found this post helpful:

http://photojojo.com/content/tips/legal-rights-...

Tony Gallegos · 1 year ago

Todd - This is a great post and something most have to learn through the tribulations of blogging. Again, super post!

Ling · 1 year ago

This post is absolutely on the mark. If you look at Creative Commons licenses carefully and follow the instructions, you'll find virtually nothing worth using on a commerical site. Best way is to plan a couple of days in advance for every article, and contact the owners of the photos. Most times they're quite happy to allow you to use them.

KC Investments · 1 year ago

www.istockphoto.com is very inexpensive and has great photos that I use often.

Ronnie Roach · 1 year ago

Another solution is to search on Flickr for content. You can do an advanced search and find photos with creative commons licenses that allow commercial use.

Mike · 1 year ago

Todd,
Right on! This is why I carry my camera and take my own photos.
Mike

Shailesh Ghimire · 1 year ago

This was a big topic at yesterdays Arizona Bloggers Network meeting. I wish I had seen it yesterday. I would have definitely directly more people here.

Thanks for sharing this information. It can get confusing but something everyone needs to pay attention to.

VA Refinance · 1 year ago

Todd, good post, you right it is a hard thing for someone to think that they are stealing, it is not like they are going into a store and walikng out with the candybar without paying, they are staying in ther home or work and looking at thier computer. it is all how you obtain the material. there is pleanty of clipart books and photos to use and lot of it is free. either ask or get your own is a good policy

Jonathan Bailey · 1 year ago

The SA portion of the CC license is very often misunderstood. It deals with alterations made to the work itself, not to things put around it.

For example, if you took a photo under an SA license and put it into a collage, the collage would be put under that license. Also, if you doodled on it or made a new artwork using filters, the new product would be SA licensed.

Simply having an image beside your blog post does not mean that it is built upon the image. In the case of derivative works, the person making the derivative can still hold copyright protection in elements that can be separated from the original.

That would be the case here. I wouldn't worry too much about SA unless you are making a new artistic work.

Then again, if the person licensing the image interprets the SA portion differently, they could still cause problems.

However, that's the nature of copyright, anyone can sue anyone for almost any reason.

Hope this helps!

ca va loan · 1 year ago

Todd i appreciate your blog. I hadn't thought about this topic but would agree with you. It pays to be original anyway.

Milan · 1 year ago

Well said. It's ridiculous how common this is. As KC said, istockphoto and other sites are a good resource if you can't get the picture yourself, but many times it's just as easy to grab a digital camera and take a few shots. Certainly a lot easier than going to court.

Christopher Myers · 1 year ago

Great advice...There are plenty of inexpensive sites on which to purchase photos, and even a few that do allow free, commercial use of their photos. Just look closely.

Matt · 9 months ago

Great article. Iwanted to second KC investments : I use istockphoto.com. They are not expensive and you can pretty much find anything!
:)
Matt