What about photos you find on sites like Flickr? And always offer to give a credit to the photographer for using their work. If you ask, you might be surprised with the answer you get. I even offered to give him a photo credit. Instead, I emailed the owner and explained what I wanted to use the photo for, and asked if he would be okay with us using it in the newsletter. I did some searching and found a super cool image to use. One of the easiest ways to find out if you can use it is to simple ask.Įxample: I was working on a newsletter for a real estate company, and they wanted to cover a really cool skiing event that had happened, but they didn’t have any photos. People are often flattered when you want to use their photos. This is a step that seems difficult for people to want to take, but it’s pretty easy, doesn’t require a lot of work, and works. If someone posts a photo on the Internet, and you really like it and want to use it, you can’t just download it and use it. So no, you can’t download it and use it for your own website, your newsletter, your materials, or anything else. They are sharing them with you to see, not with you to use. Putting it on your website is enough.Īnd that is the same for anyone else who posts their photos on the Internet. It doesn’t have to be in a book you can find in the library or on Amazon. It doesn’t have to be on the New York Times to be considered published. If you post original content and images on your website, those belong to you. Publishing a website, a blog post, or page on your website is considered publishing. If you publish it (and it’s yours, not something you took from someone else), then you are the copyright holder as soon as it’s published. You don’t have to file anything with any copyright company, you don’t have to trademark it. If you publish something, you own the copyright. But I can tell you the basics of how copyright works when you publish something. I can’t clarify that enough, I’m not qualified to give you legal advice. Photo of me being a website guru, and not being a lawyer.
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