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what kind of image can I use?

by AverageGuy
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I saw some pictures of the celebrities on a news site, and I want to use them on one my site. will this be a problem? do I have to ask permission? or, I can use it and give a link to the original site? anyone knows the protocol?


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  • Profile picture of the author jasonmorgan
    I saw some pictures of the celebrities on a news site, and I want to use them on one my site. will this be a problem? do I have to ask permission? or, I can use it and give a link to the original site? anyone knows the protocol?
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    • Profile picture of the author NateRivers
      The only foolproof method for getting an absolutely no-strings-attached pic is the one that Wikipedia has for a celebrity/famous person. Because they'll only post such.
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      • Profile picture of the author mojojuju
        Originally Posted by NateRivers View Post

        The only foolproof method for getting an absolutely no-strings-attached pic is the one that Wikipedia has for a celebrity/famous person. Because they'll only post such.
        This is not true. Although some images used by Wikipedia are in the public domain, in many cases they're not.

        Take for example this image of Justin Bieber. Well, you can't just save this image, upload it to your web site, and pretend that there's not "strings" attached. That's because the image isn't in the public domain.

        It's licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. And that means you can use the image but you must attribute the photo to the photographer that made the photo.

        In other words, the text and images on Wikipedia are not available as some kind of free for all. Many of them are licensed under a creative commons or similar, some are licensed under more restrictive copyrights but Wikipedia uses them under fair use, other stuff is in the public domain. Just make sure you know and respect the license which a piece of content falls under.

        There are strings attached to almost all content on Wikipedia.
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  • Profile picture of the author neuline
    I've wondered that, too. I don't want to get into trouble with copywriting (or whatever the term is). I guess we just need to do more research.
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  • Profile picture of the author adelainewatson
    There is no problem of using pictures of celebrities and you don't need to ask for permission, as long as yoou make sure that the picture you use doesn't contain water marks.
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  • Profile picture of the author mikemcmillan
    "There is no problem of using pictures of celebrities and you don't need to ask for permission, as long as yoou make sure that the picture you use doesn't contain water marks."

    I respectfully disagree entirely.

    Personally, I would never use any image I found online even if it came from some kind of "copyright free" page. It's impossible to tell where they got it. The only images I feel comfortable using are ones I purchased (licensed) from a reputable stock image service. You can get them for a couple bucks apiece in many cases. Even then I would save my receipts and reference the receipts with the images I downloaded in association with that purchase. I would also read the TOS posted from the site I got them from and make sure I only used the images in the manner allowed.

    You could try canstockphoto or istockphoto but there are hundreds of such sites. --Good Luck, Mike
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