Gina145
Photography is one of my hobbies, but I also have photos for sale on a few microstock sites which earn me a little money from time to time. Because of this I’m very aware that one can’t simply use any photo one finds in a Google search to illustrate one’s own articles.
There are sites which will allow one to use their photos free of charge, often with an appropriate attribution required, but even these must be used with caution, partly due to the fact that some of them advertise images which are FOR SALE on sites like Shutterstock. It would seem that this causes a lot of confusion because I’ve often seen photos with Shutterstock watermarks seen on the various writing sites I’ve used over the last few years.
It’s important to remember that if you use stolen photos, it’s not just one website’s rules that you are breaking. You are breaking the law, and if the person who holds the copyright of even one photo you use decides to take legal action, it could be a very costly mistake.
I’ve just come across an article on Fstoppers which tells what happened to someone who was caught using a photo he found in a Google search. The article includes this video by the offending party.
Although I dispute his claims that the photographer whose photo he used was malicious, there is some useful information in the first few minutes of the video.
This post is very important!
Very useful and informative post!
An excellent article with very important information. The value in Virility comes from originality.
Thanks. I think that’s true of any site, or at least it should be.
something very useful that we should all know, thanks for the info.
This post is very important! I was lucky to just post my original works.
I try to post my original works too, but with this post I only added a video, so Virily added a photo.
That’s great! About Virily’s actions to complement your work, I’m sure they know what they’re doing.
I’m sure they do, but I prefer to use my own photos, so next time I’ll be sure to add one.
Yes, I think it is better to use our own works!
Thank you for sharing this post. I use Sendearnings and Inboxdollars images but I do reveal my source of the image.
That’s good to hear. One can never be too careful.
One error I made getting my post published was the fact the images were too small until I found out how to get the right size images and the source where I got the image to be published.
I do not misuse other pictures.
One of the best sites for images for posts is Pixabay.com. It’s free and has millions of images. one really doesn’t need to stealimages or pictures.
No, one doesn’t, but some people are too lazy to find photos that are okay to use, and others don’t seem to realise that they’re doing the wrong thing.
Hmm Really interesting post!
You are so right and this is an important post everyone needs to read.
Thanks. Unfortunately a lot of the people who need to know this probably won’t bother.