Copyright
Copyright
Copyright is legislation put in place by governments to protect the original owner of a piece of work from people stealing it and using it as their own.
Many websites use images from these sites to often break up text and/or make their websites/blogs more visually appealing to the viewer. This may however be breaking the law.
If the blog/website owner has not got the express written consent of the original owner, then they are breaking the law.
However, there are some exceptions to this rule, one of these exceptions is Royalty Free images;
Royalty Free
A few links to stock image websites;
http://www.istockphoto.com/
http://www.shutterstock.com/
http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/
http://www.stockfreeimages.com/
Public Domain Images
A Public Domain image is an image that in informal usage, says that;
"The public domain consists of images that are publicly available."
and the formal defination says;
"Consists of images that are unavailable for private ownership or are available for public use".
Copyright is legislation put in place by governments to protect the original owner of a piece of work from people stealing it and using it as their own.
Many websites use images from these sites to often break up text and/or make their websites/blogs more visually appealing to the viewer. This may however be breaking the law.
If the blog/website owner has not got the express written consent of the original owner, then they are breaking the law.
However, there are some exceptions to this rule, one of these exceptions is Royalty Free images;
Royalty Free
Royalty-free, or RF, refers to the right to use Copyrighted Material material or Intellectual Property without the need to payRoyalties or License Fees.
Some examples of Royalty free content can be images from sites such as Getty Images and iStockPhoto, as well as videos from sites such as BBCMotion and VideoBlocks.
Stock Images
Stock Images
A stock image is an image that is commercially available for use, a small fee may be payable to gain use of the image.
A few links to stock image websites;
http://www.istockphoto.com/
http://www.shutterstock.com/
http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/
http://www.stockfreeimages.com/
Public Domain Images
A Public Domain image is an image that in informal usage, says that;
"The public domain consists of images that are publicly available."
and the formal defination says;
"Consists of images that are unavailable for private ownership or are available for public use".
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