I do my best to respect proprietary rights and if I am in doubt will not use a photo
But let’s face it…I get my photos where everyone else get theirs. I have a policy that if you object to me using a photo of yours to contact me via e-mail and I would gladly remove it.
Whenever there is a photo that I need and I see that it has no watermarks or any indication that it is a pay-per use type photo I presume it is in the public domain; I do however, will give credit if there is information on the origin of the photo or the blog or web site I got it from.
Having said that; I should think that most of these porn sites would actually be glad when you use their photos…they ordinarily post a picture that is a “teaser” and it will lure people to go to their website. Even when the photo only has for example “BelAmi, Falcon, Videoboys, etc” just the name exposure on the photo is worth it for these outfits to place them on line and allow free use; besides, it also depicts good will on the part of the web site.
If you consider a blog like mine, I would never be able to even dream of hiring models and a photographer to take the photos…so I use what I find and yet, with a viewership of an average 5,000 per day that is a substantial exposure for one photo from one of these websites…you figure that even if two or three of my followers actually visit their site after seeing the picture it is worth their while because it was free advertising to begin with.
Copyright Explained: I May Copy It, Right?
”With blogging comes great responsibility. You define the content of your weblog and you carry the full responsibility for every word you’ve published online. More than that, you are responsible for comments in your posts. To make sure you fulfill your legal obligations, it’s important to know, what you, as blogger, may or should do; and you have to know, how to achieve this. After all, the ignorance of the law does not make one exempt from compliance thereof.
From the legal point of view, Copyright in Web is often considered as the grey area; as such it’s often misunderstood and violated – mostly simply because bloggers don’t know, what laws they have to abide and what issues they have to consider. In fact, copyright myths are common, as well as numerous copyright debates in the Web.
That’s time to put facts straight. In this post we’ve collected the most important facts, articles and resources related to copyright issues, law and blogging. We’ve also put together most useful tools and references you can use dealing with plagiarism.”
You don’t have to read the whole article, you can read a brief overview of the key-points in the beginning of the post, I suggest you visit their site.
But the most important thing to remember is: Everything created privately after April 1, 1989 is copyrighted “automatically” and protected for your lifetime, plus 70 years. “In U.S. almost everything created privately and originally after April 1, 1989 is copyrighted and protected “automatically”. Explicit copyright is not necessary. The default you should assume for other people’s works is that they are copyrighted and may not be copied unless you know otherwise. There are some old works that lost protection without notice, but frankly you should not risk it unless you know for sure.” [10 Big Myths about copyright explained, Copyright Office Basics]
SOURCE: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/07/07/copyright-explained-i-may-copy-it-right/
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