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Stock Photos- Are They Free Or Not?
dreadless19
Published on March 14, 2013
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Just the other day, after reading a newbie's question on where to get photos for his new website, a fellow member responded by saying "using free- stock photos but make sure you get permission".
It got me thinking as to why you needed permission. I thought that by simply copying and saving the image from one of these sites, along with the water-mark on them, was sufficient enough for me to use it without subscribing to that particular site. If the water-mark was present in the images, doesn't that mean I don't have the right over the image, but the website that provided it does?
I have quite a few images from one particular site and this has got me worried whether I've broken any copyright laws!
Could anyone shed some light on this?
It got me thinking as to why you needed permission. I thought that by simply copying and saving the image from one of these sites, along with the water-mark on them, was sufficient enough for me to use it without subscribing to that particular site. If the water-mark was present in the images, doesn't that mean I don't have the right over the image, but the website that provided it does?
I have quite a few images from one particular site and this has got me worried whether I've broken any copyright laws!
Could anyone shed some light on this?
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