If you grab an online photo, download it, then upload it to your online assets, Google will read the embedded information and see it to be duplicate content. Photographers are embedding metadata on their photos, so they can track where their photos are used and gain internet search engines in the event their work is used, and they do not catch it for a little while. Is it really worth it when a stock photo costs a few cents, if not a few bucks? Google Penguin could penalize your blog or website The lawsuit can be costly and even more so a headache. There are many examples documented online of an artist or photographer suing for unauthorized use of images. If you again decide to ignore the creator's request, a lawsuit will follow. If you choose not to honor their request, a Cease and Desist order will follow. When a photographer finds their image on a website, an ad, or a blog post, they will start the friendly process of requesting that you remove the image. We hate to use that term, stealing, but using images without permission is stealing. Photographers are using more online tools to find offenders of image stealing. Cease and desist will be followed by a lawsuit Lawsuits are one issue, but there are other issues that will also follow if you use Google Images without permission.
If you hold the belief that what is on the internet is free, this belief, which is only a belief, will land you in more problems than you would think.
If you want to use text or an image, permission has to be obtained from the ORIGINAL author or in the case of images, the original designer or photographer. If you did not create it, you do not have the right to use it. Similar laws protect the unauthorized use of images. There are plagiarism laws for using others people's text or ideas. Want to know how to use Google's reverse image search to find an image’s source? Here’s how it works.Īnd to learn why you definitely should use this feature, check out our post with the benefits of reverse image search for designers! Google Image use requires permission-nothing is for free
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