Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Remember The Following Before Taking Copyrighted Fantasy Landscape Photos Of Others

By Georgia Diaz


If you are looking for fantasy landscape photos, you should check the internet. There are many photos that are being uploaded on the internet everyday. Some of these pictures are actually really good. But before you use them for your own purpose, make sure to check its copyright.

There are also photographers who do not require users of pictures they took to acknowledge them. Acknowledging someone's works may involve putting the name of the person who took the shot or a link to his website. These photographers have websites.

When you give credit to a person, you acknowledge that he owns the material that you are using and that you put the name of the owner's name in plain sight where viewers of the materials can see it right away. These owners allow the use of the materials as long as you acknowledge them. So an acknowledgment is needed.

Other owners of such materials do not mind that their materials are used for any purposes as long as credit is given to them. When unsure about the kind of license that the material has, check with the owner. Contact the owner of the material and ask permission if you can use the content or pictures for your own use.

If you are only to make an acknowledgment for the work of other people, make sure that it is clear to you how they want to be acknowledged. The acknowledgment will also depend on how and where you will use the materials. Take for example, you will use the pictures for a political campaign and print the picture in a tarpaulin.

Expect that you are not the sole user of the material. This means that anyone can have the pictures for their personal use. If you do not want that anyone will be using the same pictures that you utilized then you must buy the copyright of these pictures.

Know that there are websites that you can check that sell this kind of pictures. Examples of these are stock photos where you pay for the royalties for the use of these pictures. The price of these pictures depends on quality.

Contact the owner of the picture to inquire about the available rights that you can have over it. If you have questions, do not hesitate to clear it out with him. If there is one person who can better explain to you what sort of right you can have over his works, then it is the owner of the copyrighted material.

If you want to know even a little something about copyrights that are being used online, check the creative commons license. Take note that there may be other types of licenses. The internet can provide you some valuable education about these licenses available for fantasy landscape photos.




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