Sometimes I search for pics online for my movie reviews. If I click 'save as' and save pics to my desktop and then post them on my site will I be caught?
Saving them to my desktop means I am not linking to another site and stealing bandwidth, right? There is no link from my site photos to any other site.
2006-07-19 04:42:52 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Most people, if they have an issue with someone using their images from their website, will at minimum post a notification stating what they permit regarding usage. Others will take it to the extreme in protecting them via code so it is not possible to download.
If there is no notification and based on your intended usage just follow some common courtesy. If you are just downloading to use as a background or something on your computer, don't worry about it. If you are using it for your personal or non-profit website, drop the person or webmaster an email notifying them of the fact that you are using their image and offer them a link or a credit for the image. If it is for a business or for-profit website, get permission in writing. Using someone Else's work to make money never sits well with the owner.
The bottom line is use some courtesy. Think of it this way, if you saw a person sitting looking at a photo album in a park and saw a picture you liked you would certainly not just walk up and take it out of the album. You might however politely ask for that picture or a copy, maybe even offer a few bucks for their trouble.
2006-07-20 03:05:13 · answer #1 · answered by Lubers25 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Julie B is right, but remember that it gets noticed and bothers the owner most when it is used to earn money. If you would use the image as your logo or in your advertisement. It is that kiind of exposure that people want to protect themselves from. Seldom are they bothered by someone using their image as part of a birthday invitation that only 20 people will ever see - you have to determine if your usage is under or over a certain line, I would say.
The first thing that someone does when they discover that you are inappropriately using their image is ask you to stop. If you do, that is generally the end of it.
You can link to the on-line picture if you want - that is not considered stealing bandwidth in my opinion. There are many times when linking to the actual image is good and when it is not. Remember too that any image that is modified over a certain amount (I think 30%) is considered a new image.
Peace!
2006-07-19 04:54:15 · answer #2 · answered by carole 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're not stealing bandwidth, but if you don't have permission from the copyright owner, then you're stealing their intellectual property. Saving them to your desktop isnt' a problem, but if someone reads your blog and sees that you have their photo posted on your site without asking them for permission, they're not going to be too happy about it and will probably demand that you remove it, which you'll have to do. (And the person answering above is wrong - a photo does NOT have to specifically say that it has a copyright. Any photo taken is automatically the intellectual property of the creator, whether the copyright is printed on it or not.)
2006-07-19 04:46:58 · answer #3 · answered by Julie B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True, you are not using bandwidth, however you are using someone else's work in which you haven't been given permission to use.
The chances of being caught are quite small. Owners of an image usually don't spend hours a day searching the web to see if their work is being displayed anywhere. And most surfers rarely, if ever, report stolen images on the web.
If you are using someone else's image, you should contact them. Normally if you provide a link to their site, they'll give you permission to use their images.
2006-07-19 04:46:38 · answer #4 · answered by Ipshwitz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should be fine posting pics on a blog as long as you aren't profiting from the usage of the pics, and what you say about them is favorable or at least neutral. It might also be a good idea to credit your source, just in case.
2006-07-19 04:49:53 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Umm, I think if they're copyrighted, you have to ask permission, then link them to the original site. I could be wrong, though. The only pictures I take are for my computer's background.
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2016-11-02 08:26:36 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do those pictures say 'copy right'? and how will they find you...
By I want to ask you now... you want to use pictures etc... LOL.. how about people using Bush's pictures and calling themselves "Bush"... no one goes after those people...
So why would anyone bother going after you??
I believe if you dont make any money on those pictures you should not orry, however if you make money out of it, you should just be prepared to pay the share..
and besides, now the new technology it allows everyone to protect to copy the pictures, and write "names" on it and then they say: if you want to get original, PAY. It is all about money, nothing else.
2006-07-19 04:45:05 · answer #8 · answered by Desert 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any pics that are copywrited will either have a block on them (which you can get around if you have Mozilla Firefox) or they will specifically say "Copywright". Either way, you won't get in trouble for using them if they are on the net.
2006-07-19 04:45:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is copy right laws but if you are not trying to make money from them you will be ok.any thing on the net can be coppied and the people who put them there know this.just use for personal use and you are safe.
2006-07-19 04:47:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋