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23RD MAY 2022
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Try Now Start For Free Have you ever searched for the perfect image only to be frustrated by watermarks? Perhaps you've been unlucky enough to be stung with a copyright notice after using something you didn't have permission to use.
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Images make a big difference to user engagement, so it's vital that you use them in your digital content, but how do you avoid copyright infringement with images?
What are copyrighted images? Copyright law is designed to protect people's work and stop others from using it without permission. Laws around copyright are different from country to country. For example, in the US, although copyright applies automatically in theory, registering copyright is required before an infringement suit can be brought. That registration is handled by the United States Copyright Office. In the UK, this protection applies automatically without the need for registration. There's no application process or payment required, and as a result there's no register of copyrighted works. Some creators make their works freely available, while others may sell them or allow them to be recreated for a fee. Copyrighted images are photographs or digitally created images where the creator has restricted their use.
How do I know if an image is copyrighted? Unless you're looking at images on a website like Shutterstock or Getty Images that
make uses it clearcookies when an image isn't freely available, it can be tricky to determine whether This site for interactivity and analytics Reject cookies or not an image is copyrighted or not.
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