What is the crowd's opinion of CC Search?

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Direct link: https://ccsearch.creativecommons.org/

Why don't you link it directly? This way I had to go through some fucked up site asking for my consents with no easy option to refuse some of the things. All this just so I can click the one relevant link in that utterly pointless article.

Have you tried searching creative commons?

My personal opinion is that it is your responsibility as the person using the picture to locate the source, and if you cannot find it, you should not use it since you do not have the permission to do so. Imagine if someone used the words you have painstakingly written without first asking for your permission and without crediting you. You probably wouldn't feel good about it!

A Google reverse search also tells me that the artwork was created by an Ukrainian artist Anastasi Holubchyk and on her Instagram page, she states that "All artwork is copyright of MOREARTSDESIGN ©. All rights reserved." so unfortunately, you will have to find an alternative picture since her illustrations are protected by copyright.

I would suggest taking or drawing your own pictures, or you can use Creative Commons Images instead, all the images are free for use non-commercially: https://ccsearch.creativecommons.org/

Now there is a TON of stuff that is Creative Commons or in the public domain that you can use, remix, recut, etc to your hearts content... it’s just not the AMC or HBO clips you were thinking about.

https://ccsearch.creativecommons.org is a great Creative Commons search engine and https://www.appropedia.org/Public_Domain_Search is great for looking across public domain.

There are several different licenses for intellectual property on the internet. There's so many it'll make your head spin trying to understand them all. You'd probably need to consult a lawyer to really understand them all. Pinterest lets the owner retain copyright, so really each image could have a different license, depending on what the uploader intended.

Most of the time, licenses just forbid commercial use, as a rule of thumb. If you're just sharing privately with friends, you are more than likely OK, though often you'd be legally required to cite the original source, which is called attribution. But do note that this doesn't constitute legal advice... in short, we have no idea.

If you want to be completely safe, images published under the Creative Commons license are completely free for use, including commercial use as long as you provide attribution! There are some search engines that let you search just for images that are published under creative commons, for example: https://ccsearch.creativecommons.org/

Search for pictures that are under Creative Commons then legally you’ll be alright. CC is a great tool to get quality photos legally. Usually you can just use them but if you do have to attribute the photographer the page should say.

Hello :-)

Images at Wikimedia can be used (if credited): https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=3d+printer

You can even use the google image search & settings to search for pictures you're allowed to use.

In a private or school setting you can use pictures anyway, the above is more for publishing them (e.g. flyers, websites).

Also, you can look for CC0 / public domain images which don't need any credit: https://ccsearch.creativecommons.org/search?q=3d%20printer&li=cc0,pdm

Thanks! It's Chicago. My reference picture: https://ccsearch.creativecommons.org/photos/6116eaff-d18c-41e9-aa51-3a7fdd4312f9

Both unsplash and pixabay are great sources so I second both. You can also search for images that are free to use at the creative commons or yahoo which has really easy to use filters by size and license.

In your case I'd use a Creative Commons search: CC Search. Note that it's up to you to verify the licensing for each image. This site looks to be more image focused: CC Search - Updated. Here's a list of public domain image resources from Wikipedia.

This is one of those things you want to get right. If you're going to be fast and loose with copyright on your own time, then I'd wonder if you're going to do the same on my time. If you get sued for an image you used on your website that's your problem. If I get sued for an image you used on my website, that's my problem and that's not a problem I want to have.

I have some aurora shots, but none with forest. Example: Glacier Lagoon. Let me know if interested.
If you get a flickr account you could message anyone on there and ask for permission. Just do a search for northern lights or aurora.
Lastly you could search for Creative Commons-licensed photos, and use them for free as long as you credit the photographer and the license allows for commercial use. "Creative Commons" is a license which gives you permission to use the photo legally up front.