When you finally find all of the free pictures “Labeled for Reuse” on Google, how do you know if you have to give attribution or if you can just use it? Well there are certain steps you must go through to find out this information and I will show you in the following images.
STEPS FOR FINDING & GIVING ATTRIBUTION
In the above image I am selecting the picture of a Central Park New York City bridge that is located on Wikimedia Commons. This can be seen when you mouse over (point) to a picture and at the bottom of the picture will reveal its size and where it is located.
I then go and click on this picture and it brings up the more detailed screen pertaining to that picture. As seen in the image below, you will see a larger size of the selected picture, its size, what website it is located, two buttons “Visit Page” “View Image” and several related images.
NOTE: The first of the related images is the free picture you selected. All of the remaining related images are NOT considered free to use, so do not select them. Now in order to find if attribution is required you will need to see the licensing agreement. To do this click on the “Visit Page” button as seen in the image above.
NEXT UP = How to know what kind of attribution to give and where to find it
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We appreciate all you do Robert,thanks.
Though it does seem like attribution is not a big deal unless someone is looking for a violation, you will never know when that violation will be filed against you. It is better to be safe than not giving attribution and having someone sue you if they desire.
Only CC0 and Public Domain pictures can be used without attribution but you cannot find them on Google without looking at the licensing information first.
