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By Georgia Diaz


Before you use a fantasy landscape photos, make sure to check its copyright license. Not all pictures that you see on the web are free to use. Some pictures are copyrighted. If you can use the pictures, you may have to acknowledge the owner of the material.

But there is something you should know when it comes to using pictures that come from the internet. Remember that these pictures did not just post themselves on their own. They were posted by people and these people might not find it amusing that you use their pictures without their permission or without so much of giving them credit.

You can read about creative commons on the internet and learn about its terms and conditions. Make sure to read about it because your understanding of the different types of creative common licenses will help you avoid problems about misuse of copyrighted materials on the internet. Some photographers allow other people to use their pictures in their blogs and in other avenues except only those that are commercial in their purpose.

Other owners of such materials do not mind that their materials are used for any purposes as long as credit is given to them. When unsure about the kind of license that the material has, check with the owner. Contact the owner of the material and ask permission if you can use the content or pictures for your own use.

Of course, the pictures are the owners' intellectual property but the decision as to whether they want to receive money out of it or they simply want to be acknowledged for their work really depends on the individual owner. Consider yourself lucky if the owner of the material only wants to be acknowledged and do not want your money. Here is the zinger.

Most probably you can have the name of the photographer as a footnote in everything that is written in the tarpaulin where the picture is printed. The creative commons license is just one of the many copyright licenses utilized by creative materials owners whose works are available online. Before you grab a picture that you see on the web, make sure to check if this is copyrighted or not.

Know that there are websites that you can check that sell this kind of pictures. Examples of these are stock photos where you pay for the royalties for the use of these pictures. The price of these pictures depends on quality.

Contact the owner of the picture to inquire about the available rights that you can have over it. If you have questions, do not hesitate to clear it out with him. If there is one person who can better explain to you what sort of right you can have over his works, then it is the owner of the copyrighted material.

If you want to know even a little something about copyrights that are being used online, check the creative commons license. Take note that there may be other types of licenses. The internet can provide you some valuable education about these licenses available for fantasy landscape photos.




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