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Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:21:00 +0000

[...] Learn where to find free, legal images: Did you know it’s illegal to use someone’s image without permission? Find the best places to find free, legal images. [...]

By: Boris

Boris — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:24:14 +0000

I have a question, I want to make a shirt protesting a certain local company. Let’s use Starbucks for the sake of an example, if i wanted to make a shirt that said boycot corporate coffee and had the starbucks logo crossed out, that would probably count as infringement right? Epecially if others wanted the shirt and I was producing them to sell (just to cover materials). What if i designed my own image in the likeness of starbucks’ logo?

By: daniellekolbra

daniellekolbra — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:05:42 +0000

I have just started a blog that is devoted to book reviews and the such. I read an earlier comment stating that if I use an image of a book cover, that as long as it has a review with it it is not breaking copyright laws. Is that true? thanks for the article! it helped a lot.

By: Deb

Deb — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:15:34 +0000

Shannon – If you don’t have permission, you can’t use it. To gain permission you’ll have to contact the photographer or agency.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:01:59 +0000

Does anyone have info about copyright laws with celebrity photos? I want to include celebrity pictures with informitive bios within a book I am writing. How do I?

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40 Sunday Link Love Articles | Writer's Resource Center — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 07:02:03 +0000

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By: Kristen King

Kristen King — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:25:04 +0000

Excellent summary, Deb, and good resources. Here are two other relevant articles:

Plagiarism vs. Copyright Infringement – http://tinyurl.com/25qej5

Free and Cheap Stock Photography – http://tinyurl.com/38emhr

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:30:17 +0000

Unfortunately, because lawyers are involved this is not clearcut. There was a recent US judgement that basically allows thumbnails of larger images to be used without problem, but that’s only in the US, do it in the UK and things might be different and if you’re a blogger in Chine, UAE, Malaysia, Australia or anywhere else and rules will be different again.

By: Damien Franco

Damien Franco — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:05:50 +0000

I personally use flickr for all of my blog’s images. As a photographer I strongly urge everyone to be polite and only use images that have been released as creative commons. The only other photos I use that aren’t released by creative commons are my own (but I’m a photographer so that’s a viable option for me).

By: Ann G.

Ann G. — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:09:19 +0000

@Allison – for my book review site, I use Associate links from Amazon. When they are not selling a book I review, I do have to contact the author or publisher and make sure that they don’t mind me posting an image of the book cover. Not asking, per the publishers I work with, is copyright infringement.