Comments on: Where do you get photos for your blogs? http://www.geekscribes.net/blog/2008/09/19/where-do-you-get-photos-for-your-blogs/ Bringing geekiness to the world Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kurt Avish http://www.geekscribes.net/blog/2008/09/19/where-do-you-get-photos-for-your-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-196 Kurt Avish Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:24:15 +0000 http://www.geekscribes.net/blog/?p=310#comment-196 I usually use pictures that need not be linked back and also use lots of copyrighted pics...but normally when i use pictures (copyrighted) not mine... i put the link of the picture itself to link back to the original website where i got it. I usually use pictures that need not be linked back and also use lots of copyrighted pics…but normally when i use pictures (copyrighted) not mine… i put the link of the picture itself to link back to the original website where i got it.

]]> By: Shah http://www.geekscribes.net/blog/2008/09/19/where-do-you-get-photos-for-your-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Shah Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:31:41 +0000 http://www.geekscribes.net/blog/?p=310#comment-194 Erratum: nd I don’t want allow my advert script to use the alt text -> I WANT to allow my advert script to use the alt text... Ref. prev. msg. Erratum: nd I don’t want allow my advert script to use the alt text -> I WANT to allow my advert script to use the alt text…

Ref. prev. msg.

]]> By: Shah http://www.geekscribes.net/blog/2008/09/19/where-do-you-get-photos-for-your-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-193 Shah Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:41:37 +0000 http://www.geekscribes.net/blog/?p=310#comment-193 I use my own pictures or pictures which are licensed under CC Share Alike and NonCommercial. There are many types of CC - I use the above because I get to modify (sharealike) and I don't want allow my advert script to use the alt text (which I use to depict the picture) to display targeted ads - hence the noncommercial. I obtain the pictures off friends on social networking sites, who license their picture under the 2 above mentioned CC licenses. For the Olympics, I went for AP. http://www.apimages.com You can request permission (some pictures can be altered to some extent BUT NOT for commercial use) by e-mailing apdigital@ap.org . Comics are linked back and most of them can be used as long as they are not altered. P.S The picture you're referring to, is copyrighted but I was allowed to use it upon permission request. I couldn't add a watermark, nor use a js overlay - @ the request of the owner. I use my own pictures or pictures which are licensed under CC Share Alike and NonCommercial. There are many types of CC – I use the above because I get to modify (sharealike) and I don’t want allow my advert script to use the alt text (which I use to depict the picture) to display targeted ads – hence the noncommercial.

I obtain the pictures off friends on social networking sites, who license their picture under the 2 above mentioned CC licenses.

For the Olympics, I went for AP. http://www.apimages.com

You can request permission (some pictures can be altered to some extent BUT NOT for commercial use) by e-mailing apdigital@ap.org .

Comics are linked back and most of them can be used as long as they are not altered.

P.S
The picture you’re referring to, is copyrighted but I was allowed to use it upon permission request. I couldn’t add a watermark, nor use a js overlay – @ the request of the owner.

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