free website images?

jassi_9

floopnoodle wrote: »

You'll probably have to pay for something like that.

http://www.istockphoto.com/search/text/delivery%20man/source/basic#1959fc0

Yes mate these are exactly the types of images i want.

Am i allowed to just use the images i find on istock for free though?

floopnoodle

jassi_9 wrote: »

Yes mate these are exactly the types of images i want.

Am i allowed to just use the images i find on istock for free though?

No, as I say in the post you have quoted, you'll probably have to pay for something so specific, especially so tailored towards a business.

Why does it have to be free?

jassi_9

floopnoodle wrote: »

No, as I say in the post you have quoted, you'll probably have to pay for something so specific, especially so tailored towards a business.

Why does it have to be free?

Thanks

Mainly becuase im paying to get the site done and just trying to keep costs down. As with any business im not sure if it will work or not, so dont want to spend loads of extra money on stuff like this if its just going to be a waste of time.....thats why im looking for free images for now

The images on istock are watermarked. Cant i use them if i leave the watermark on them as its still giving them credit for the image used?

There is a company called dreamstime i found and i think i can use any image for free if it is a watermarked image?

IrishGypsy

Using a watermarked image on a professional website doesn't come across as very professional though.

Also @vax: Is the photographer using XML/tags in his photographs to find people who steal them from Google? How else could he track an individual down from a Google search?

buglawton

vax2002 wrote: »

Some rather cunning photographers leave images out on google carefully search word loaded, then they track down use and sue for enormous amounts of damages and generally win.
Copyright Images are flagrancy damages applicable, that is where a punitive amount can be claimed to punish the thief for copyright theft as opposed to actual damages.

Can you point to one single example where the photographer has won? Such info if true would be in the public domain.

Anyway, only Google is alowed to place others' images on its website! Interestingly, this search results page does not carry Google ads like its other results pages do, I wonder if that is for legal reasons.