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Using photos 'legally'? without public domain rights? -risky or not ?

by Networking_now
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How can we tell if an image found on google images has public domain rights? so that we can use it ?

or if they are used, but no permission is allowed, in the future the owner can sue you right?

how can the original owner of a photo be defined ?
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  • Profile picture of the author dvduval
    The most likely scenario is a DMCA and your host can take your site down. But yes, they can also sue you, especially if you fail to respond.
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  • Profile picture of the author Warrior X
    How can we tell if an image found on google images has public domain rights?
    Advanced search > usage rights > "free to use, even commercially"

    I wouldn't rely on it 100%- we all know things get mislabeled. But I have an
    image on a squeeze page right now that I found with this exact method.

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  • Profile picture of the author WillR
    You can never, nor should you, rely on the rights published unless they have been written by the person who owns the images.

    The safest thing to do is to assume you CANNOT use every image on Google.

    Use a site like Photodune.net to find much better quality photos you can use for next to nothing.
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    • Profile picture of the author benzwm02
      Originally Posted by WillR View Post

      You can never, nor should you, rely on the rights published unless they have been written by the person who owns the images.

      The safest thing to do is to assume you CANNOT use every image on Google.

      Use a site like Photodune.net to find much better quality photos you can use for next to nothing.
      yes, being sued for using a photo illegally is a very real thing and happens a lot believe it or not. If you are not sure assume you cannot use it.
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  • Profile picture of the author JerrickYeoh
    Our company decide to hire a web designer to design all by themselves rather than using image from google image search which easy to get into trouble now because in image mostly do not show that it under copyright or not unless you view the website which stated for that before you copy.

    It's hard to define our own that is the image being trademark or copyright cause now everything just sharing fake copyright license at below of their site as well even they are not register any copyright of it.
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    • Profile picture of the author theone30
      so why is google not being sued for using millions of images on their search results?
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      • Profile picture of the author kindsvater
        Originally Posted by theone30 View Post

        so why is google not being sued for using millions of images on their search results?
        There have been lawsuits about this. You will note Google does not actually copy images to its servers, and it has an awesome and very useful transformative fair use in creating a search index unrelated to whatever the original purpose of the picture was.

        That is a lot different from someone picking a certain picture and copying it onto their website.

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  • Profile picture of the author Rainmakermc
    Finding the original owner of a photo can be pretty tough. Generally, the guy who took the photo owns the copyright unless they have sold it or are under contract with another entity that controls the copyright.

    To find a royalty free image, follow TrustedCopy's advice above on google: Advanced search > usage rights > "free to use, even commercially" But be careful, the search may still return copyrighted material.

    True the owner of the image can sue you if you use it for commercial purposes without permission. Where this happens most is when you use an image from retail photo sites such as Ghetty or IstockPhoto. They will definitely send you a letter and get lawyers involved if you use their images without permission.

    I know of two businesses that have run into that very problem.
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