On the previous page I showed you that you need to click the “Visit Page” button to find out the kind of attribution you need to give, if at all. In doing so with my selected picture of a NYC Central Park bridge, it sends me to the Wikimedia Commons page where the picture is located, see below image.
Once you reach the website page that contains the picture you will need to find the licensing agreement information. In the case of Wikimedia Commons it is always directly below the picture, so just scroll the page down.
As you can see in the above image you are given details such as Description, Date, Source, Author and Camera Location. And then just below that is the Licensing details. NOTE that it tells you that the attribution is under Creative Commons 2.0 license. You want to click on that link.
When you click on the licensing link it will describe in detail what you must do in order to freely use the selected picture. As seen in the above image it first tells you what you can freely do with the picture. Just below, it will describe what licensing terms you need to follow. For a CC2.0 license it says…
“Attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.”
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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.
