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Common Creativity: Understanding the Rules and Rights Around “Free” Images on the Web

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Thanks to sites like Flickr, morgueFile, Wikimedia, and Pixabay (just to name a few), thousands of free images are at your fingertips. There are six basic licenses within the Creative Commons library, linked together with one common thread: proper credit, or attribution, must be given to the original creator. The licenses.

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Getty Images vs Creative Commons and Privacy: What Bloggers Need to Know

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Getty Images recently announced a new image embed feature that allows bloggers (and others) to access and use their vast library of images for non-commercial purposes. That connection is between the embedding site, their reader and the third-party host. Wikimedia Commons. Google Search. Bing Search.