madhukannan
Adept
Can images from manufactures sites used in blogs for example if i am writing a blog about iphone 7 and i dont have my own images can i use images from apple site without legal problems ?
Legal Usage of images in Blogs
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^^ That is assuming that the images are allowed to be used in such a manner. You cannot just rip any image from the website and publish it in your article just by putting in an acknowledgement.
Companies often make some marketing material available to select blogs/reviewers. So a tech blog like Engadget may take a table of specifications or some other images from the marketing material that they received and publish it with an acknowledgement that its courtesy of the company.
Further to that, fair use can also be utilized (laws change from country to country), but that also comes with its own fine print and does not give a Carte-blanche
Companies often make some marketing material available to select blogs/reviewers. So a tech blog like Engadget may take a table of specifications or some other images from the marketing material that they received and publish it with an acknowledgement that its courtesy of the company.
Further to that, fair use can also be utilized (laws change from country to country), but that also comes with its own fine print and does not give a Carte-blanche
to be legally safe, you need to take permission from apple and if you get, source the images to them
there is google images search and in search tools, use the usage rights for images and source them
there are many other sites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Public_domain_image_resources
but correct attribution and usage is important.
there is google images search and in search tools, use the usage rights for images and source them
there are many other sites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Public_domain_image_resources
but correct attribution and usage is important.
psyph3r
Skilled
Just use stock photo databases like everyone else, they index a huge number of royalty-free photos, you're free to use any image without worrying about legal problems.
http://www.freeimages.com/
ttps://pixabay.com/
http://www.fotosearch.com/
http://openphoto.net/
There are also services like shutterstock and getty which offer an even larger catalog if you're willing to pay, it's used quite a lot by professional blogs and newspapers.
http://www.shutterstock.com
http://www.gettyimages.in/
http://www.freeimages.com/
ttps://pixabay.com/
http://www.fotosearch.com/
http://openphoto.net/
There are also services like shutterstock and getty which offer an even larger catalog if you're willing to pay, it's used quite a lot by professional blogs and newspapers.
http://www.shutterstock.com
http://www.gettyimages.in/
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madhukannan
Adept
Thanks for the suggestions , have to check the marketing materials for blogers / review sites since stock image sites may not have recently released device photos .
Wikimedia Commons might be of help to you. Just check what licensing the picture you are interested in has. Almost every image in Wikimedia commons is free to use, when you give the owner due credit.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
madhukannan
Adept
these commons or cc, free image sites dont have pics of latest products if i have to write a post about the pixel phone where will i get a legal one ?
psyph3r
Skilled
Google isn't gonna sue you if you'll use their images in your blog, if anything they're getting more exposure for their product.
@madhukannan Just drop a query here if it bothers you too much
https://services.google.com/fb/forms/permissionsbranden/
@madhukannan Just drop a query here if it bothers you too much
https://services.google.com/fb/forms/permissionsbranden/
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