A brief guide to all and sundry on the differences in stock usage that is acceptable for upload here:
PUBLIC DOMAIN IMAGES: These are images that are offered to users for download and the originator asserts no copyright. Quite often if one of these images is edited or manipulated, the new artist can to a certain extent claim a copyright on that new image. In almost all cases of these images, the only caveat that applies to them is that they must NOT be used for commercial/profit purposes i.e. appearing on merchandise or being offered as prints for sale etc. An example of images that fall into this category here on Caedes would be shots from NASA or ESA. These are also typical in that as a minimum, the originator requires a credit on any redistribution of their images. The site that you source them from will most likely state what that credit should be. Public domain images should only be uploaded here if they were sourced from the originator – not from a third party website.
*** Military shots may differ slightly from this, as prior permission is often required to redistribute this type of image – even if you serve in the forces and took the image yourself. This has certainly been the case in the past here when we have had people posting shots from Eurofighter/British Aerospace for instance. ***
PUBLIC OR ROYALTY FREE STOCK IMAGERY: There are many websites available now that offer hi-resolution images for people to download for free – such as the Stock Exchange (SXC). These differ from public domain images considerably however, as the originating artist always asserts copyright on the image and can stipulate the circumstances in which that image is used. The range of restrictions varies wildly from a full Public use when the image can be used for just about any purpose to a heavily restricted personal use only type affair. Again, in all instances, the originating artist must be credited and linked in your description so that the correct copyright usage can easily be verified. You should be careful when using images from this type of source as there maybe restriction to its use including using it as a derivative part of a new piece or banning manipulation of it. Try to use recognised stock sources as opposed to unmoderated photo sharing sights such as Flickr or Webshots that are often the repositories of previously stolen images and the posting artist may not necessarily be the originator. It would be only safe to use these sights if you knew for certain the artist was genuine.
It is not acceptable to post images here that have simply been downloaded from the net via a Google image search for example as it is pretty much guaranteed that this will be violating the originating artists rights. Image mods may reject images that appear to have been taken from the web due to their size and compression damage etc and that are uncredited.
PUBLIC DOMAIN IMAGES: These are images that are offered to users for download and the originator asserts no copyright. Quite often if one of these images is edited or manipulated, the new artist can to a certain extent claim a copyright on that new image. In almost all cases of these images, the only caveat that applies to them is that they must NOT be used for commercial/profit purposes i.e. appearing on merchandise or being offered as prints for sale etc. An example of images that fall into this category here on Caedes would be shots from NASA or ESA. These are also typical in that as a minimum, the originator requires a credit on any redistribution of their images. The site that you source them from will most likely state what that credit should be. Public domain images should only be uploaded here if they were sourced from the originator – not from a third party website.
*** Military shots may differ slightly from this, as prior permission is often required to redistribute this type of image – even if you serve in the forces and took the image yourself. This has certainly been the case in the past here when we have had people posting shots from Eurofighter/British Aerospace for instance. ***
PUBLIC OR ROYALTY FREE STOCK IMAGERY: There are many websites available now that offer hi-resolution images for people to download for free – such as the Stock Exchange (SXC). These differ from public domain images considerably however, as the originating artist always asserts copyright on the image and can stipulate the circumstances in which that image is used. The range of restrictions varies wildly from a full Public use when the image can be used for just about any purpose to a heavily restricted personal use only type affair. Again, in all instances, the originating artist must be credited and linked in your description so that the correct copyright usage can easily be verified. You should be careful when using images from this type of source as there maybe restriction to its use including using it as a derivative part of a new piece or banning manipulation of it. Try to use recognised stock sources as opposed to unmoderated photo sharing sights such as Flickr or Webshots that are often the repositories of previously stolen images and the posting artist may not necessarily be the originator. It would be only safe to use these sights if you knew for certain the artist was genuine.
It is not acceptable to post images here that have simply been downloaded from the net via a Google image search for example as it is pretty much guaranteed that this will be violating the originating artists rights. Image mods may reject images that appear to have been taken from the web due to their size and compression damage etc and that are uncredited.