if i have a site with images, and there is no copyright symbol on them, or for example the name of the company that sells them, etc ... are people allowed to just use them?? Whats the laws with images and compright ... and i dont mean artistic images, but say an image of people in a shoping mall, etc Thanks
When you take a picture, you own it. If you want to allow people to use it, I recommend checking out Creative Commons licensing rather than a copyright. That way, they can use it for free, but you have the right to say how...as in they cannot resell it, they must give you credit (which is great, because lots of times when they attribute the picture to you, they put a link to your site...hint hint). I think the website is creativecommons.org. Check it out. As for copyrights, since you own the pictures, you can possibly put a 'legal' section on the site that either gives or denies permission for use. You might want to read up more about it.