Using Images You Find Online Can Lead to a Lawsuit. Even For a Small Blog Like Yours.
Yeah, I know, it's crazy!
Seriously - what do they care if your little blog with its traffic by mistake hosts an image that you randomly found online and added to your post without getting the licensing?
I guess if they can milk you for all its worth, then they will! They don't really care that you're not making a penny off of it. Oh, well.
I just finished reading this post on Laura Roeder's site and found it really helpful (in addition to the great info that can be found at WA) and figured I'd share it so y'all can benefit too.
Hope you find it helpful!
Cheers,
Stephanie
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Good reminder Stephanie. When I started this was one of my big questions - where do I get images from that don't have copyright over them and that I can use without being sued. Fortunately I found help within this community that allowed me to get nice images for free. Thanks for you link too - there is at least one more source I can add to my list. Seasons greetings. Glyn
My pleasure! Happy to help :)
I actually got so scared off that I just decided to pay for them. I currently use Dreamstime. For now I only use the ones that cost me $1, but I think I will look into these free sites a bit more...
Great article. I thought I might have had it all covered. Wrong! Complicated issue and very important.
Thanks for sharing that helpful website. It has some excellent tips! This has been a topic of discussion many times here on WA forums.
Yeah, I think I've been through all the ones here ;) and still found something new tonight!
Thanks for the reminder. When I first started my site I didn't think much about this stuff. I better look through everything again to make sure :)
Yeah, same here. Going to go back and make sure my sites don't have any - even the ones I no longer use...
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Thank you for clearing this up for me. The use of images and pix for my blog posts has been a big stumbling block for me, as I am on a limited budget and cannot afford to pay monthly subscriptions for use of images. The info you have provided is great. I will definitely get rid of all questionable images on my blog and use the ones from the sites you have suggested instead.
There is lots of other great advice - check the search box for 'free images'. But, yeah, definitely remove questionable ones. Personally, I use Dreamstime as I have found them to have a lot of options within the $1 range. WHen I do an image search, I search by 'lowest price'.