Use freely usable images from the Internet

Infinite abundance of images on the Internet - you are only allowed to use a few

• It's gotten some people into a lot of trouble, just them GoogleImage search have tried to find suitable graphics for their Internet pages. It was not uncommon for a warning and / or a declaration of discontinuance to appear in the mailbox after a while. It often makes no difference whether your website has a commercial purpose or you just want to nicely illustrate a private collection of recipes. Do not use any freely usable picturesto which you have no additional rights - this exposes you to unnecessary danger.
• Surely this fact is sobering to you and many others, and it does not seem a satisfactory one at first There is an alternative, but there is a solution: images from the public domain or those with a creative Commons license.

There are also differences in freely usable images

• There are some Internet sites that offer images and graphics that are free or almost entirely free to use. The Creative Commons license itself has a few levels that should always be visible and readable near the respective image. So you can use some images for private or editorial purposes without restriction; still others are also released for commercial use.
• The latter case is often accompanied by the rule that the author must be named when the images are used. In some cases, of course, this is neither visually attractive nor always guaranteed. However, this is always a good alternative to living in fear of a warning.
• However, there are also sites that have made it their business to collect images that are completely free to use and offer them for download free of charge. These images have a Creative Commons 0 license or belong to the public domain. Attribution is, for example, in the case of graphics by Pixabay unnecessary. At most, personal rights of individual persons would have to be preserved in individual cases (ask the respective uploader), provided that they are real people who have been depicted. A reputation damaging context should also u. a. be avoided in company buildings or the like.


Specify an image source

Written off? This is difficult with an image source. Plagiarism? Yes, if you know the source ...

• The side of Clker again only offers graphics and no photos, but an enormous number of freely usable images that you can choose from.