Copyright infringement - using people's pictures

[James282]

Hey all - I was just wondering what the rules were concerning using photos that are published on other sites. I see sites like thebrushback.com and wonder, can anyone just take photos from Yahoo! or wherever so long as they site where the photos come from? Is a simple text of "photo taken by the AP" underneath good enough? If I had a blog and posted a picture from the Mets official site, would I just have to say where the pic came from? What if my site generated money for me? Thanks!

James

[Lee2k]

yeah I think there is a fine line, but I dont know where to draw it

[Misfire]

The copyright law outlines criteria for fair use. Social commentary is one of them.

[Pog0]

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What if I'm using my social commentary as a means for profit?

[erbbysam]

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As long as you host the image yourself, put a subtitle like "this image came from xyz.com" and link to it and don't make huge amounts of money off of it you'll be fine, espcailly b/c you'll be drawing traffic to there website. Be careful though with some larger website(such as mlb,google ect.), sometimes it best to check with them b/c they can really bring the bite to your door.

[Ron_Mexico]

Does anyone know someone who has got in trouble for this. Im sure that they would start by sending you an email asking that you take down the image.