Beautiful Image as a Header?

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I found a beautiful image on google and would like to use it at my blog as a header. It is on photobucket and it has no trademark. I don´t know which rights join with this image, but I found it too as an header of a free wp theme and on graphicshunt.com - they say that their images are free to use on blogs. So then this image could be free, don´t you think? But I know that all stuff about image copyrights is very complicated... Thanx for your opinions warriors, have a great day
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  • Profile picture of the author Revenant45
    Nearly every one here is going to tell you "ZOMG! Don't use images from google..ZOMG you'll be sued! ZOMG!"

    Look, not every google image is under copyright protection. The gustapo is not going to raid your house if you use a simple image. However, images you pull from google COULD be copyrighted. Its your decision to make if you want to take that chance. The best thing to do is 1 of 2 things:

    1. Use the image, but not in its present form. Use your favourite graphics editor to modify the image and add your own touches and of course rename it.

    2. Get a stock image account from places like shutterstock.com (what I use) or istockphoto or fotolia.. or whomever... And there won't be any potential problems.
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  • Profile picture of the author cupul89
    wow nice faith,its look beautiful and cool thx a lot!
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  • Profile picture of the author rain21
    getting images from google is not very good if you want to use them on your website, go to fotolia and buy some images, very cheap.
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  • Profile picture of the author cartoonist
    I can design a website banner for you that is unique to you...based on a specified theme that won't land you in hot water. Check out my site for details. If you quote 'warrior forum, I'll do it for you for £20 / $32. Special Offer!!
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    • Profile picture of the author Faithblaster
      Thanx for your feedback and tips warriors
      Yeah, in photobanks there is a lot of great and cheap stuff, I know... I seeked a lot of them (paid and free) and this image is just nowhere. It is not about that I would search images on google. I had this one as an wallpaper first, then try to search on the web. For several reasons, I want use only THIS image as a header (rather a cutted part of it). A part of this image is already used in a header of a free wp template and whole image is on graphicshunt, where are images free to use on our blogs, thats why I though that I can feel free to use this image (but I don´t know if I can use only part of this image without their adress in left corner).
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  • Profile picture of the author RyanAndrews
    You could try Creative Commons Search
    This is a modified google search that only shows you images that you can use legally.
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    • Profile picture of the author Faithblaster
      Originally Posted by RyanAndrews View Post

      You could try Creative common search
      This is a modified google search that only shows you images that you can use legally.
      Interesting tool, thanx for your tip. I tried to find here my image and yes, there he is! (but a little modified, stronger sunshine). But then I found here couple of images that I saw in photobanks as paid, so I´m not sure if this is a credible source of free images...
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      • Profile picture of the author Faithblaster
        Ok guys, I did a little research and found out that this image is free to use on my blog
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    • Profile picture of the author Faithblaster
      Originally Posted by unlimitedmarketing View Post

      Get someone on fiverr.com to create you something similar to it for $5
      What changes must be done on image to become my image? I want only this image, but some small changes wouldn´t mind.
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  • Profile picture of the author samuelarnold
    Select a stunning image that suits your website. After that editing the CSS page you can place this image to which position in home page you want to put.
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