Good Images website?

[craig v]

Not free, but EXTREMELY cheap:
[url]http://www.istockphoto.com/[/url]


"b_boy" <b_boy@b2k.co.uk> wrote in message
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HI All, i know this is a bit OT but do y'all know any sites that i can get
good quality/quantity of images for free? I'm a bit worried about rights and
stuff like that when designing my sites...any pointers would be highly
appreciated..

TIA

[E. T. Culling]

Try Google searchs
ETC
"b_boy" <b_boy@b2k.co.uk> wrote in message
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> HI All, i know this is a bit OT but do y'all know any sites that i can get
> good quality/quantity of images for free? I'm a bit worried about rights

and

> stuff like that when designing my sites...any pointers would be highly
> appreciated..
>
> TIA
>
>
>

[Paul Taylor]

On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 21:54:08 +0100, "Peter Connolly"
<noemailrequired@nospamrequired.com> wrote:

>"b_boy" <b_boy@b2k.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:bg3pla$sfu$1@forums.macromedia.com...

>> HI All, i know this is a bit OT but do y'all know any sites that i can get
>> good quality/quantity of images for free? I'm a bit worried about rights

>and

>> stuff like that when designing my sites...any pointers would be highly
>> appreciated..
>>
>> TIA
>>
>>

>
>The general rule with copyright is that if you didn't create it, you don't
>own it, so you can't use it (without permission). Have a look at
>[url]http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html[/url] for more information on
>copyright.
>
>For photographic images, visit [url]http://www.sxc.hu[/url]. All free. It's not Corbis,
>and they're a bit lacking in some topic areas, but I've usually discovered
>something that works for me. At most, the authors ask for an email showing
>where the image was used.
>
>Regards,
>
>Pete.
>
>---------------------------
>Peter Connolly
>Acute Computing
>Derby
>UK
>

Doesn't this depend on the copyright laws of the country you happen to
be in. your information is correct for the UK (where I live).

Good photographs take a lot of work. I would dare to suggest that good
photographic images are a lot harder to produce than the web pages I
make (though that might just reflect on my ability!). I an therefore
prepared to pay for CDs of "royalty-free" images, where the creator
has agreed to let the purchaser use the photos as many times as
required. Such CDs are not cheap - typically £200 for 50 images, but
when you consider the trouble getting permission from people to use
images taken of people in work, leisure or other situations, I think
such CDs are worth it. (You know that in the UK it is currently
illegal to take photos of your own childrens' school christmas
concerts, without the express permission of the parents of all the
other children taking part).


Paul Taylor

[Peter Connolly]

> Doesn't this depend on the copyright laws of the country you happen to
> be in. your information is correct for the UK (where I live).
>

Yes...Most countries have something similar, but I should have stated that I
was in the UK also!

> Good photographs take a lot of work. I would dare to suggest that good
> photographic images are a lot harder to produce than the web pages I
> make (though that might just reflect on my ability!). I an therefore
> prepared to pay for CDs of "royalty-free" images, where the creator
> has agreed to let the purchaser use the photos as many times as
> required. Such CDs are not cheap - typically £200 for 50 images, but
> when you consider the trouble getting permission from people to use
> images taken of people in work, leisure or other situations, I think
> such CDs are worth it.

I agree. It's annoying that so many people *don't* have this viewpoint, and
think that if they can download it, they can use it without permission, and
then try to quote spurious information back ("it's on the internet,
therefore it's in the public domain" is popular)...thats why I keep the
'Copyright Myths' link handy!

>(You know that in the UK it is currently
> illegal to take photos of your own childrens' school christmas
> concerts, without the express permission of the parents of all the
> other children taking part).

Not being a fan of children, I can't see why anyone would want to do this
anyway! :-P

My understanding is that if the event takes place on school or private
property, they can make any ruling that they want in regard to photography
taken on the premises - copyright is a civil issue rather than a legal one.

Regards,

Pete.

[ana]

not free, but cheap and lots of images are the collections of hemera. i have
4 of them...

[Webfairy]

It's a grab bag but the photos here are free and some are really good

[url]http://www.sxc.hu/index.phtml[/url]


"b_boy" <b_boy@b2k.co.uk> wrote in message
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> HI All, i know this is a bit OT but do y'all know any sites that i can get
> good quality/quantity of images for free? I'm a bit worried about rights

and

> stuff like that when designing my sites...any pointers would be highly
> appreciated..
>
> TIA
>
>
>

[middletree]

Do you want free images or royalty-free images?


"b_boy" <b_boy@b2k.co.uk> wrote in message
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> HI All, i know this is a bit OT but do y'all know any sites that i can get
> good quality/quantity of images for free? I'm a bit worried about rights

and

> stuff like that when designing my sites...any pointers would be highly
> appreciated..
>
> TIA
>
>
>