Hey, What's up people. I've got another quick question------this time about Youtube: Is it legal to create slideshows from Internet Pics and post them on Youtube? My plan is to create original audio content, then, in order to qualify as video content, I will gather various images off the web to compile a slideshow. For instance, if my topic is dating, then I was going to get pics of famous and unknown people on dates off the internet and then create a slideshow to coincide with my audio presentation. I see people on Youtube doing this all the time, but I was wondering if this is actually legal. I won't be selling any of the images or the video version of my show at any point in the future---------but I will be selling just the audio versions as mp3 files at some future date though. Anybody know if this'll be legal or not? Thanks in advance for yor input folks. VU365
You can't use anything you don't own without permission from the owner. What you are talking about doing is copyright infringement and not legal.
Just be careful in the images you use. Google "royalty free images" and read their terms of service on some of the sites. They usually spell out exactly what you can and cannot do with their images. There are many images available for use without charge, granting you a non-exclusive license to use those images on your website. The license usually restricts you from selling a product that includes those images, eg. a CD or DVD. Hope that helps!