citing sources for pictures borrowed from other sites

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  gporcella · Member · Jan 16, 2010 at 3:43 pm

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  This is my first blog for a graduate course. When we upload an image from another website, do we have to cite the source? I don’t want to infringe any copyright laws! If so, any suggestions for where to list these sources?

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  wpadvanced · Member · Jan 16, 2010 at 4:14 pm

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  Just add the website title and a link to it at the bottom of your post, that’s the easiest way. You can also add a caption to it and say Photo Credit: [Source].

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Jan 16, 2010 at 4:26 pm

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  There is more to the answer than that. Here are a few threads which discuss some of the issues. Hot-linking, public domain, copyright, asking permission to use the photos…

  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpresscom-allow-hotlinking-to-other-server-images-1?replies=12

  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/uploading-photos-from-google-search-is-violation-of-content-or-not?replies=8#post-335132

  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/resize-for-pictures-off-the-web?replies=10#post-329748

  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/photos-attribution-specific-permission-etc?replies=5

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Jan 16, 2010 at 4:32 pm

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  Free images:

  http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/premium-images-picapp/
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-decorate-my-blog?replies=9