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    Legal Online Image Use

    Hi guys, I'm wondering if anyone can help with the following.

    I need to set up an online group for a church. For now it will be a Facebook group with a visible presence. I need to add a banner image and I've found a few images on a Google image search that I like but I'm struggling to figure out how to find the owner and enquire as to legal usage.

    For one of the images I got as far as figuring out that it's taken from a painting by deceased British painter Montague Dawson, but there's no official website to visit or contact.

    Does anyone have any advice for finding out how to pursue legal online usage for images?

    Thanks.
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    Re: Legal Online Image Use

    Might be answering my own question here...

    This webpage's guide suggests that using tools like Creative Commons etc. is a way to find images and know their associated rights:
    https://www.searchenginejournal.com/.../319403/#close

    Creative Commons seems like a convenient way to search for usable images, but in the 'About' page it says this:
    "Please note that CC does not verify whether the images are properly CC licensed, or whether the attribution and other licensing information we have aggregated is accurate or complete. Please independently verify the licensing status and attribution information before reusing the content."

    So...back to square one?
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    Re: Legal Online Image Use

    Quote Originally Posted by Galant View Post
    For one of the images I got as far as figuring out that it's taken from a painting by deceased British painter Montague Dawson, but there's no official website to visit or contact.
    I *think* copyright would rest with who took the photo of the painting (or whoever they transferred it to), rather than the painter. You can ask the owner of the webpage that is hosting the image where they got it from etc. to eventually traceback to the person who uploaded it first (good luck) and see if they got permission from the photographer and under what license.

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    Re: Legal Online Image Use

    Your best bet is to join something like Adobe Stock, you can get it for a months free trial and get 10 images for free. They can be used for any use pretty much unless they say otherwise and generally the image quality and resolution is better.
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    Re: Legal Online Image Use

    Quote Originally Posted by kalniel View Post
    I *think* copyright would rest with who took the photo of the painting (or whoever they transferred it to), rather than the painter. You can ask the owner of the webpage that is hosting the image where they got it from etc. to eventually traceback to the person who uploaded it first (good luck) and see if they got permission from the photographer and under what license.
    Thanks. That's helpful. It sounds like work though...

    Quote Originally Posted by Jonj1611 View Post
    Your best bet is to join something like Adobe Stock, you can get it for a months free trial and get 10 images for free. They can be used for any use pretty much unless they say otherwise and generally the image quality and resolution is better.
    I've just had a look and I think I might be able to work with this. Thanks for the recommendation!
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    Re: Legal Online Image Use

    No probs
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    Re: Legal Online Image Use

    Depending on how much time you have, this is a nice use case for Fiverr.com

    I use them quite a bit for graphics work, if you can find someone on there you trust - I can often send them a few images I find on google and they will then come back with either original or licenced images that I can use. There area couple of vendors on there I have worked with many many times for artwork & photos, generally do a good job...but you get what you pay for on there in general.

    Amazing site for this kind of thing, or anything creative really.

    Adobe's service is also excellent (tho more manual) as is shutterstock.

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    Re: Legal Online Image Use

    It's safest to just use free images from stock photo sites. Using an image from Google without the proper licensing can get you into serious trouble.

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