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art, Copyright infringement, Creative, Creative Common, Creative Common License, free, freefoto.com, Morguefile.com, photography
Every now and then at 5am (probably posted by my clone) I will be bringing you a newsflash, update on what I’m doing, invited guest piece, or whatever takes my fancy, and today I’d like to mention a great site for free photographs…
Morgue File
At some stage in their writing, blogging, eBooking, writers need photographs. Some will have their own stash of ‘could be perfect’ shots they took thinking it might just come in handy one day but if that’s not you or it is you but you just don’t have what you’re looking for try Morgue File.
With much of the Internet's images being used without the creators consent, Morguefile.com has seen a market for Free Photos for Creatives, by Creatives. It allows for manipulation and distribution without copyright infringement. I also use freephoto.com which is great but a little more time consuming as FreeFoto.com (s) images fall under Creative Commons, as does my own work. (http://www.CreativeCommons.org)
Thanks for the info on this one.
A pleasure – it always helps to know the rules.
Absolutely.
thats very generous of them. its impossible to prevent theft/copying in internet, i believe a lot of people may think my repainting is also similar act- so i am guilty too. but i just cant paint without a model
Many paintings and photos are a part of public domain especially paintings by very well known artists. If you feel a bit uncomfortable it might be a good idea to look into it further rather than be
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I think of all the fine art students that are required to copy originals in order to learn techniques (etc.)
Off hand, I think you may be in the clear
Thank you for the reblog Lesley – I’ll check out FreeFoto
I thank you for the post. It’s great! There really is a market for infringement-free photos. No one actually steals on purpose (I hope
The more people know – the more protected those are that make a living from photography.