Copyright law on images question?
436133
Nope.  As far as I can tell, you're completely safe.  You may not be able to use those images to publicize the book, though.  But inside the book, you should be fine.
213238
Images that websites dont want you to copy usually have watermarks on them or are right click disabled, some sites have a lable on them, if they do find you with there picture you usually get a warrning asking you to take them off.
1081270
The newspaper can sue you for using their copyrighted image without permission.  The individual can sue you for libel and/or slander.\n\nIn America, you can sue anyone at any time for any reason.  It's just a matter of whether or not your case is valid.
708262
Yes you can do that if it is not copyright protected.\nE
1081558
if you need to reproduce or even to re format other's painting/picture, you need to seek permission and to pay royalties to the owner of the painting/picture.... if not, you are stealing people's intellectual properties...you are liable to be sued.
152601
From the copyright holder.  You need to contact the owner directly and ask for terms.
448572
You need to look into the terms of the contract that existed between you and the photographer.\n\nWhen a photographer takes a photo they own the copyright to it, just as happens when anybody creates any sort of work in tangible form be it writing, a movie, a painting or a photo.\n\nOften when someone commissions a person to produce a work on their behalf the person doing the commissioning does so on the understanding that they will have copyright of that work.\n\nThe fact that they're your kids doesn't have any bearing on the matter.  \n\nFirstly you should check through any smallprint and see what that says.  In the absence of any terms or conditions then approach the photographer and see what she has to say regarding ownership of copyright.  You caould always state that you hired her on the understanfing that you would be granted copyright.\n\nUntil things are resolved I woundn't go selling the prints.\n\nI hope you manage to get things sorted - good luck.
880843
It means that the image shown is a smaller version of the original , but that the image may be subject to copyright. If you are using it for college, quote the source, don't pass it off as your own and there will not be a problem with copyright for your use i would think.
470231
I don't think you can get a patent for images, but you can copyright them.  And no, not all images are copyrighted - but some are.  If they are, usually there will be a copyright warning either on the page or on the image itself.
662578
Both.  \nYou can be sued for money damages (and injunctions) for violation of copyright.\nYou can also be charged with criminal copyright infringement and sentenced to prison, and fined.
554982
Hi!\nActually you do not need any kind of licensing to do this, but I would recommend you to register your pictures under Copyrights that way you can avoid "somehow" people to copy your artwork! :) Additionally if you are seriously planning to do create this kind of business you are talking to the right person as I'm a professional web-designer, because I can make online-payments before downloads! :) Just contact me : gio@gomezsolutions.com. Take care!
610387
The law states that if you do creative work for money (i.e. for a client that pays you) they are the rightful owners of the copyright on that document. \n\nThis includes photography, writing, design, etc. You client will retain all intellectual property rights of that photograph as you did it for money - it is commisioned.\n\nThe one place you can disply the photograph without permission is in your portfolio (provided you have one).\n\nAn interesting thought: What if flyer happened to have one of the photographs from the shoot (such as a substandard picture) that she didn't pay for? I'm not sure what would happen then.
969830
There is some outrageously bad advice above. \n\nYou unquestionably violate the copyright of the photographer when you reprint it without authorization, regardless of the fact that it's on a web page. Further, you violate the copyright of the web page author.\n\nThe only exception to the rule is what's known under the copyright law as a fair use...  and what you've described is unlikely to qualify.
35542
it depends on the particular picture.  if the picture is in the "public domain" then you are free to  duplicate it and use it as you wish.  typically copyrighted work enters the public domain 50 years or so after the creator's death, so most public-domain stuff is old.  images of the mona lisa, for instance, are public domain.\n\nsome copyrighted works lately have been distributed under some special licenses - for instance, the "creative commons license" allows for mostly free use, but i think you have to credit the creator.\n\nmost of the time if you want to use a copyrighted image, you have to contact the creator of the image and ask for their permission to use it.\n\nthere is an exemption to copyright law in the united states called the "fair use" doctrine which applies mostly to educational use.  if your blog is part of an educational project, you may be able to use it legally.\n\nif none of these special cases apply, you are probably in violation of copyright law.  however, odds are that nobody's going to care or even notice.  this kind of thing happens all the time on the internet since digital files can be copied so easily.  however, it's been known to happen - lots of owners of disney fan-sites have received cease & desist letters from disney's lawyers for displaying images of mickey mouse, for instance.  (no kidding)\n\nthe one thing you definitely shouldn't do is link to the image on someone else's site.  this is especially true if your blog is high-traffic, since every visitor to your site downloads the image from some other poor schmuck's web server.  most people pay for internet hosting by the gigabyte, which means you are costing someone money if you do this.  so don't.  it's mean.
840941
Dood you better be carefull, those images are Copyrited. Get enough traffic and you be in court fast. Web aint what it use ta be, Apple,Microsoft and Metallica are to thank for that. \nLook at the DRM,WIPO then look at Creative Commons and FSF/GNU. \nYou are makeing a profit off of others property, thats is called Internet Piracy. \nIt sux, but thats the law now.
325631
Your question needs more clarification.  What kind of pictures?  Are they owned by the student or is he/she stealing them?
304141
What do you mean by "public"?  If you are using a picture you've taken, you own the picture.  However, if you are using a picture off of a website, or a database like Corbis or Gettyone.com make sure the images are "royalty-free."  If not, the artist can sue you for using their work illegally.