Images for WordPress
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I'd be grateful for any advice regarding sourcing, adding & attributing images/photos for my WordPress blog. Budget is tight so have to rule out paid stock libraries, but I heard that Flickr images can be used under Creative Commons providing they are correctly attributed. eg. http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/business-of-it/2011/04/07/mps-criticise-bbc-siemens-38m-contract-failure-40092428/
eg 2. http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/networking/2011/10/05/bt-lines-up-300mbps-broadband-launch-40094109/
Example 1 does not seem to link back but example 2 does. Are there any rules on this?
I have looked at some plugins: Insights, iFlickr, WP Flickr Manager, Photo Dropper.
Looking to save time by streamlining the process of adding images, resizing and attributing.
Many thanks.
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Thanks for the links Gianluca.
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Thanks for the clarification Ryan, v.helpful.
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Not true. Some photos have "all right reserved", that means that you cannot use them without asking the author the permission and hear his response. For this reason many Flickr photos cannot be hot linked (result > the mythical spaceball.gif).
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Ryan has given a good explication of Creative Commons.
if you want to learn more and understand what all the existing CC licences means and what you have to do for a correct attribution, I suggest to visit this official page http://creativecommons.org/licenses/
Instead, a very useful source where to search for content (not just photos) that exists under a Creative Common licence, I suggest you to visit and use this: http://search.creativecommons.org/
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Your question is more of a legal one then a SEO question.
From a SEO perspective, you can add images to your site, set the attributes, alt tag, title tag, etc. as you deem fit.
From a legal standpoint, the owner of the image has rights. There are various Creative Commons licenses. They vary greatly. When you search on Flickr, you can filter by the Creative Commons license type. Some licenses offer 100% free to use by anyone, other licenses offer rights to use for non-commercial purposes, or rights to use as long as you link back or otherwise attribute the owner. You would need to check the license of the particular image you are using to know more.
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I think Creative Commons Flickr images are okay, like the ZDNet examples.
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My understanding is that if you use a image that does not belong to you and the owner finds out, he must request you take it down, if you do, then that is the end of the matter, it is only when you refuse to take it down or repeatedly put it back up.
But I am a programmer not a lawyer
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