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What are the best place to purchase cheap images?

by LearnNOTmoney
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I use mostly free images, but i want to have a background and footer image for my website that would look neat. I've search around and most of them are massively overpriced, IMO. Like 19 dollars for an image.
#cheap #images #place #purchase
  • Profile picture of the author clickbump
    Make sure you don't overpay for stock photography by selecting a higher resolution that you need for screen display. Web graphics only need to be 72 dpi at 100% scale. Print graphics, by comparison, must be much higher resolution and are more expensive as a result.

    I use istockphoto.com for web and print quality graphics. You can also to a search on google images using the "Royalty free" filter for free stock images you can use on your commercial and non commercial websites.

    There are also several low cost stocky photography libraries available.
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    • Profile picture of the author ForumGuru
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      Originally Posted by clickbump View Post

      You can also to a search on google images using the "Royalty free" filter for free stock images you can use on your commercial and non commercial websites.
      Hi...I think you meant the "free to use or share" (Public Domain, Creative Commons & GNU) filter.

      Usage rights - Web Search Help

      Royalty Free in the photo business generally means you pay once for the RF license and then you don't have to pay royalties every time you use the image.

      Royalty-free

      In photography and the illustration industry, refers to a copyright license where the user has the right to use the picture without many restrictions based on one-time payment to the licensor. The user can therefore use the image in several projects without having to purchase any additional licenses. RF licenses can not be given on an exclusive basis. In stock photography, RF is one of the common licenses often contrasted with Rights Managed licenses and often employed in subscription-based or microstock photography photography business models.
      Royalty-free - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

      Do keep in mind that Google places this big warning/disclaimer on their search engine for good reason.

      Before reusing content that you've found, you should verify that its license is legitimate and check the exact terms of reuse stated in the license. For example, most licenses require that you give credit to the image creator when reusing an image. Google has no way of knowing whether the license is legitimate, so we aren't making any representation that the content is actually or lawfully licensed.
      Have a good one.
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  • Profile picture of the author rhinocl
    You should be able to buy images for most fields for $1 to $3 from image sharing sites. (Although medical ones tend to run $6 and up). Perhaps you need one so big that it is bumping the price. You could always try Fiverr and have one made but then you don't get to see it first.
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  • Profile picture of the author tkhowse
    Here are a few good ones:
    MarketingGraphicsToolkit.com
    GraphicRiver.net
    Sxc.hu
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    • Profile picture of the author Dmagnet
      I have used Bigstock.com and 123rf.com. Both are reasonably priced and have decent images.
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      • Profile picture of the author wiredtolive
        I've used fotolia.com and graphicriver.net, not free but very reasonably priced.
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        • Profile picture of the author Designlove
          GraphicRiver.net has hi-quality images for 1 dollar to 3 dollars
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  • Profile picture of the author Elfen Lied
    stock.xchng
    Freerange Stock
    Morguefile
    Pixel Perfect Digital
    Free Media Goo
    are some places where you can get them for free.
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    • Profile picture of the author ForumGuru
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      Originally Posted by Elfen Lied View Post

      stock.xchng
      Freerange Stock
      Morguefile
      Pixel Perfect Digital
      Free Media Goo
      are some places where you can get them for free.
      Nice list but yo gotta be careful with a couple of those mentioned as they do have some restrictions and/or want credit.

      All rights are reserved unless otherwise granted to You. Your rights to use the Image are subject to this agreement and the restrictions specified at each Image.
      stock.xchng - site info

      Credit needed example:

      stock.xchng - Handshake (stock photo by FOTOCROMO)

      Pixel Perfect Digital shots are creative commons images --> credit required.

      Pixel Perfect Digital - Free Stock Photos

      Usually the free sites do not include model or property releases so if you are using people shots the big paid microstock sites --> iStock, Shutterstock, Dreamstime, Fotolia and some of the others mentioned etc. are a good places to go for properly licensed and released material.

      Take care.
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  • Profile picture of the author robgranholm
    I recommend not buying images and using the creative commons free images at flickr they have never failed me yet!
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    • Profile picture of the author ForumGuru
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      Originally Posted by robgranholm View Post

      I recommend not buying images and using the creative commons free images at flickr they have never failed me yet!
      Creative Commons licenses normally require attribution --> and many CC licenses have restrictions/terms.

      Flickr: Creative Commons

      CC license does not mean a release is included (property or model) so if you are needing recognizable people shots for certain commercial (and some other) uses you should make sure the image has a proper (model) release. As mentioned above usually you can find some good stuff that is properly licensed and released at the larger pay microstock sites at a very good price.

      Best of luck to all.
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  • Profile picture of the author Robert Bridgen
    The best place is in the public domain if you are in the usa use
    American Memory from the Library of Congress - Browse Collections

    Free images you can use before 1923 usa only
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  • Profile picture of the author Morningwalker
    Originally Posted by LearnNOTmoney View Post

    I use mostly free images, but i want to have a background and footer image for my website that would look neat. I've search around and most of them are massively overpriced, IMO. Like 19 dollars for an image.
    Try istockphoto.com you will get good one!
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  • Profile picture of the author Ali Thunder
    Royalty Free Stock Photos, Vector Art & Video - Fotolia

    you can also check this
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    • Profile picture of the author ForumGuru
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      Originally Posted by aceshigh888 View Post

      No way, images are reguritated to death. I'm not saying infringe but the only one company that "might" contact you if you use there images if Getty. Everyone else it seriously doesn't matter. Just use them. The only thing that you might want to avoid are things like pictures of celebs and stuff like that, those are kinda risky. But personally I've never bought an image or photo. It's stupid.
      You don't have a clue! Please stop advising theft on the forum! One stolen picture can cost you up to $150,000 per infringement and on top of that you could be sued for defamation, false light, and even the profits you made if you use the photo commercially or wronly use an image without a proper release. Not to mention the fact that you could have your site shutdown for infringing material.

      Plenty of WSO have been shut down right here on the forum for including unlicensed copyrighted material and plenty of others have had to remove infringing material from the sales threads.

      Photographers, agencies and companies own the photos they create and in most states people own the right to the use of their "likeness". Public Domain images are free to use but they do not come with releases. Creative Commons images are free to use (as long as you choose an image with the proper CC license for your project) but most of those require attribution and do not come with releases.

      Even Youtube pulls tons of stuff down daily for infringement....good grief.

      You can't steal photography plain and simple. You can use a limited amount of copyrighted material under "fair use" but many/most commercial uses do not fall under fair use guidelines.


      § 504. Remedies for infringement: Damages and profits5

      (a) In General. — Except as otherwise provided by this title, an infringer of copyright is liable for either —
      (1) the copyright owner's actual damages and any additional profits of the infringer, as provided by subsection (b); or
      (2) statutory damages, as provided by subsection (c).
      (b) Actual Damages and Profits. — The copyright owner is entitled to recover the actual damages suffered by him or her as a result of the infringement, and any profits of the infringer that are attributable to the infringement and are not taken into account in computing the actual damages. In establishing the infringer's profits, the copyright owner is required to present proof only of the infringer's gross revenue, and the infringer is required to prove his or her deductible expenses and the elements of profit attributable to factors other than the copyrighted work.
      (c) Statutory Damages. —
      (1) Except as provided by clause (2) of this subsection, the copyright owner may elect, at any time before final judgment is rendered, to recover, instead of actual damages and profits, an award of statutory damages for all infringements involved in the action, with respect to any one work, for which any one infringer is liable individually, or for which any two or more infringers are liable jointly and severally, in a sum of not less than $750 or more than $30,000 as the court considers just. For the purposes of this subsection, all the parts of a compilation or derivative work constitute one work.
      (2) In a case where the copyright owner sustains the burden of proving, and the court finds, that infringement was committed willfully, the court in its discretion may increase the award of statutory damages to a sum of not more than $150,000. In a case where the infringer sustains the burden of proving, and the court finds, that such infringer was not aware and had no reason to believe that his or her acts constituted an infringement of copyright, the court in its discretion may reduce the award of statutory damages to a sum of not less than $200. The court shall remit statutory damages in any case where an infringer believed and had reasonable grounds for believing that his or her use of the copyrighted work was a fair use under section 107, if the infringer was: (i) an employee or agent of a nonprofit educational institution, library, or archives acting within the scope of his or her employment who, or such institution, library, or archives itself, which infringed by reproducing the work in copies or phonorecords; or (ii) a public broadcasting entity which or a person who, as a regular part of the nonprofit activities of a public broadcasting entity (as defined in section 118(f)) infringed by performing a published nondramatic literary work or by reproducing a transmission program embodying a performance of such a work.
      (3) (A) In a case of infringement, it shall be a rebuttable presumption that the infringement was committed willfully for purposes of determining relief if the violator, or a person acting in concert with the violator, knowingly provided or knowingly caused to be provided materially false contact information to a domain name registrar, domain name registry, or other domain name registration authority in registering, maintaining, or renewing a domain name used in connection with the infringement.
      (B) Nothing in this paragraph limits what may be considered willful infringement under this subsection.
      (C) For purposes of this paragraph, the term “domain name” has the meaning given that term in section 45 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the registration and protection of trademarks used in commerce, to carry out the provisions of certain international conventions, and for other purposes” approved July 5, 1946 (commonly referred to as the “Trademark Act of 1946”; 15 U.S.C. 1127).
      (d) Additional Damages in Certain Cases. — In any case in which the court finds that a defendant proprietor of an establishment who claims as a defense that its activities were exempt under section 110(5) did not have reasonable grounds to believe that its use of a copyrighted work was exempt under such section, the plaintiff shall be entitled to, in addition to any award of damages under this section, an additional award of two times the amount of the license fee that the proprietor of the establishment concerned should have paid the plaintiff for such use during the preceding period of up to 3 years.
      § 505. Remedies for infringement: Costs and attorney's fees

      In any civil action under this title, the court in its discretion may allow the recovery of full costs by or against any party other than the United States or an officer thereof. Except as otherwise provided by this title, the court may also award a reasonable attorney's fee to the prevailing party as part of the costs.
      § 506. Criminal offenses6

      (a) Criminal Infringement. —
      (1) In general. — Any person who willfully infringes a copyright shall be punished as provided under section 2319 of title 18, if the infringement was committed —
      (A) for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain;
      (B) by the reproduction or distribution, including by electronic means, during any 180-day period, of 1 or more copies or phonorecords of 1 or more copyrighted works, which have a total retail value of more than $1,000; or
      (C) by the distribution of a work being prepared for commercial distribution, by making it available on a computer network accessible to members of the public, if such person knew or should have known that the work was intended for commercial distribution.
      (2) Evidence. — For purposes of this subsection, evidence of reproduction or distribution of a copyrighted work, by itself, shall not be sufficient to establish willful infringement of a copyright.
      (3) Definition. — In this subsection, the term “work being prepared for commercial distribution” means —
      (A) a computer program, a musical work, a motion picture or other audiovisual work, or a sound recording, if, at the time of unauthorized distribution —
      (i) the copyright owner has a reasonable expectation of commercial distribution; and
      (ii) the copies or phonorecords of the work have not been commercially distributed; or
      (B) a motion picture, if, at the time of unauthorized distribution, the motion picture —
      (i) has been made available for viewing in a motion picture exhibition facility; and
      (ii) has not been made available in copies for sale to the general public in the United States in a format intended to permit viewing outside a motion picture exhibition facility.
      (b) Forfeiture, Destruction, and Restitution.—Forfeiture, destruction, and restitution relating to this section shall be subject to section 2323 of title 18, to the extent provided in that section, in addition to any other similar remedies provided by law.
      (c) Fraudulent Copyright Notice. — Any person who, with fraudulent intent, places on any article a notice of copyright or words of the same purport that such person knows to be false, or who, with fraudulent intent, publicly distributes or imports for public distribution any article bearing such notice or words that such person knows to be false, shall be fined not more than $2,500.
      (d) Fraudulent Removal of Copyright Notice. — Any person who, with fraudulent intent, removes or alters any notice of copyright appearing on a copy of a copyrighted work shall be fined not more than $2,500.
      (e) False Representation. — Any person who knowingly makes a false representation of a material fact in the application for copyright registration provided for by section 409, or in any written statement filed in connection with the application, shall be fined not more than $2,500.
      (f) Rights of Attribution and Integrity. — Nothing in this section applies to infringement of the rights conferred by section 106A(a).
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