Seems like most people just steal images or pictures off sites and use them. Is there a place where you can get pictures of say like celebs ect......and legally post them on your site. I mean say you wanted to post a pic of Obama where would you get it? Or can you post AP pics and give them credit for it? just wondering because public domain is mostly older stuff, and free pic sites dont have current event pics. thanks
http://pubcit.typepad.com/clpblog/2006/10/post.html Judging by what I read there, I would say if an image is on your website, you own the copyright to it. However, as with any other thing, if you have express written consent from the copyright owner to display the image, you are ok, to my knowledge. You can visit www.copyright.gov to check it out for yourself. But according to that article, courts have numerously upheld images being the original producers copyrighted property as most require a minimal creativity to create. You may want to look for more sources as well.
No, in most cases the photographer owns the copyright to the photo. Don't assume that just because someone posted an image that that person was doing it legally. If you want to use images from the AP or Getty or other professional image resources you'll have to either request permission and/or pay a fee: http://www.ap.org/pages/product/photoservices.html http://www.gettyimages.com/Corporate/LicenseInfo.aspx If you are only going to post a celebrity photo occasionally, you might get away with it. But if your site is focused on celebrity images, you are running the risk of getting shut down or fined by using photos without permission. Getty Images in particular aggressively goes after web sites that use their images without permission.
So many sites I see have awesome pics so guess there is a lot of law breaking. Back to my original question, if i was gonna have a news blog where can i get photo's of political ppl or current events pics fast and free? obviously asking would be to time consuming.
I was assuming the person with it on their website is the original copyright owner You could try to do a google search for a site that allows people to use their images, or, if you are going to be using the same source, you could get a blanket letter saying you can use it, but you may have to do certain things, like reference them as the creator or something.