Flickr is one of the most popular photo management sites and many of us explore the wide variety of pictures uploaded to the site daily. Many of us also forget that those images are copyrighted and we shouldn’t copy and use the images without the owner’s permission.
To help out, Flickr now includes a section where we can search for creative commons images http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons.
Creative Commons helps authors share their knowledge and creativity with the world without giving away their copy rights. We simply have a permission to use the work but under specific terms.
Among the licensing options are:
Attribution:
You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work – and derivative works based upon it – but only if they give you credit.
Noncommercial:
You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work – and derivative works based upon it – but for noncommercial purposes only.
No Derivative Works:
You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it.
Share Alike:
You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work.
To learn more about Creative Commons, visit: http://creativecommons.org
Can someone suggest the best place to get copyright-free or creative commons images / photographs (aside Flickr) – Thanks
Hi there,
I would start with http://search.creativecommons.org/
You can also go to http://www.google.ca/advanced_search and search by usage rights.
Here is more information about it: http://support.google.com/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=29508
Please keep in mind:
“Before reusing content that you’ve found, you should verify that its license is legitimate and check the exact terms of reuse stated in the license. For example, most licenses require that you give credit to the image creator when reusing an image. Google has no way of knowing whether the license is legitimate, so we aren’t making any representation that the content is actually or lawfully licensed.”
(Google)
I hope that this helps.
M