Copyright rules on images

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  covertocoverchick · Member · May 15, 2013 at 10:19 pm

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  Hey guys, I am new to the blogging world, so I am sorry if you have seen this question before. I have searched on here for it but I must not be wording it correctly b/c I couldn’t find exactly what I am looking for.
  Okay, I know that you can’t just copy and paste any photos from the web that you want, but I need to know how to go about using them on my blog. My blog is about books so mainly I would be needing just pictures of the front of the books. I do not have every book I have read in my possession for me to take my own pictures. So, my questions are:
  1- Where should I get my book images? (for free)
  2- What is protocol for using images that are not mine?
  3-How do I give credit to the source from my dashboard?
  Thank you so much!

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  timethief · Member · May 15, 2013 at 10:25 pm

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  There are many free sources of images. Some require attribution and backlinks and some do not. Always read the Terms of use.
  http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/07/17/free-images-for-your-blog-or-website/
  http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2011/09/15/copyright-and-public-domain/

  Copyright laws apply in cyberspace just as they do offline. Using any digital work including images, audio, video without the prior written consent of the creator is a copyright violation. Succinctly stated whether or not the author of any original digital work has posted a copyright notice on their site or the work itself is irrelevant. It does not change the fact that they hold the copyright to their works and it cannot be re-published unless or until their permission has been given. http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2009/02/05/copyright-basics-for-bloggers/

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  timethief · Member · May 15, 2013 at 10:28 pm

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  Book publishers do make images of bookcovers available for reviewers to use. They are frequently uploaded into text widgets and displayed in sidebars.

  You can capture an image and upload it, link to it and display it in a text widget.

  For creating links in a text widget see:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/links/text-widget-links/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/
  NOTE http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/#adding-an-image

  You can upload image files by clicking the Add Media button right above the editing area of a page or a post. http://en.support.wordpress.com/add-media/

  You can also upload new files to your Media Library using Media → Add New. http://support.wordpress.com/media/media-add-new

  See also http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/images-the-three-link-options/

  For troubleshooting see http://en.support.wordpress.com/images/troubleshooting-images/