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Do you purchase / site your photos?
I've been blogging for about 2 weeks, and I make an effort to always include a photo in my blog. My photos either come from myself or I find them on google image search. When you post photos, do you site the source? Do you purchase the photos from a clipart site? What is the rule of thumb?
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Permalink Reply by Jennifer on -
I'm bad with this. I try to make an effort to give credit for the photos I use, but I don't always remember. Lately I've been using photos I've took so I haven't had to worry.
I also suggest looking in the Flickr Creative Commons.
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Permalink Reply by cooper on -
You really are not always entitled to use photos found in google image search. I think blogging has given people a sense they own everything and everything is public domain it is not. Giving credit may not even be enough, you may be violating copyright laws, or stealing a photographer's work This post by a photographer I love may explain it
Of missionaries and copyrights, aka, so you want to use one of my i...
Much of the stuff that shows up in google images belongs to someone.
You can get free images at places like stockxchg though, just look at the terms.
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Permalink Reply by Writing to Reach You on -
I haven't always been very good about this, but more recently I've tried to only post pictures I own. Like cooper said, I'm not sure that just giving credit is always enough if you don't have the owner's permission.
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Permalink Reply by Valerie Bolea on
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I always either use my own photos or try to use flickr creative commons. If I use someones photos its only if I am providing a link to their work that they're selling and I try to email them if possible, so if they object they know to tell me to take it down.
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Permalink Reply by Sebastian on -
In general, if you're not in any way commercial (as in, no ads, no donations, nothing) you can get away with using almost anything in the public domain. When you start making money off the back of other people's work, then you're in trouble.
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Permalink Reply by Laura @MeetMyGay! on -
I agree. I don't have any ads on my page. If I do end up posting ads, then I will go through and change the photos. n In the meantime, I will make a concerted effort to use photos that are mine or public domain.
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Permalink Reply by cooper on
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As long as you remember just because something is on google images doesn't mean it's public domain.
copyblogger is a good resource for this kind of thing.
video's are hard to tell usually, the copyrighted stuff gets pulled off you tube when it is discovered, or when certain companies or artists complain. For some reason I 've never worried as much about videos, so I think as long as you are getting the vids from somewhere like you tube and not lifting them from such as comedy centrals site and uploading them to your own blog or something you should be ok.
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Permalink Reply by curiousillusion on -
But it's still nice to ask tho... I hate when people use my pictures without permission.
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Permalink Reply by Laura @MeetMyGay! on
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Thanks all for your replies! Very interesting answers. Now, how about videos? Most of these video players offer an "embed" option. I assume any company that has officially posted a video they own and includes the embed option does this because they WANT you to embed, and if they don't want you to embed they turn off the embed option.
For example, I recently embedded a music video by Ricky Martin (HA!). I found one on Youtube officially posted by his music label, but embed was turned off. I found a different music video on his official website, using a different media player, that allowed the embed option with a link back to the site, and played an ad before the video. I assume this is how his music label wants their songs embedded and I was happy to comply.
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Permalink Reply by Leetid on -
I am bad as I use quite a lot of images without giving credit or having the ownership! I haven't got into trouble over it yet so I will carry on till I do.
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Permalink Reply by Kyla Roma on -
I think it's extremely important to be on top of this- if you have the time to find the right image, you should have the time to add a link back to the artist or photographer. Taking images without citing your source is plagiarism- it's the visual equivalent of taking someone else's post and re-posting it as your own.
I always include images in my posts and when they're not my own I add an image source link right at the bottom of the post, or under the image its self - and I do the same when I grab video. It takes no time to add a link back to where you found the image/video, it helps other people find cool sources for images, and ensures that no one contacts you and asks you to remove their work.
If it's simple to be a good internet citizen, why not do it! We're all putting content out there, we should be as careful with other people's content as we want them to be careful with ours.
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