DMCA notices
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I’ve been receiving DMCA notices for content that I’ve shared on my blog. These photos are all over the net and not obtained from the places that are accusing me of stealing them. These pics are posted freely on twitter, facebook, other blogs…. but I’m being warned that my blog can be taken down if I keep posting these. How do I know what I can/can’t post if it is unknown where they came from?
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It’s a breach of copyright to use any image, text or digital file of any kind unless the copyright holder expressly provides written permission in terms of use which all users must adhere to.
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Please note that we are required by law to comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
If you believe that the notices against your site are inaccurate or unfair, you are welcome to file a counter-notice. Please follow the instructions you were sent in your email.
Beyond that, I would strongly recommend you use your own photos/images, stock photography that you’ve paid for, or copyright-free/Creative Commons licensed images.
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Basically: Yes. You can’t post anything if you don’t know where it came from. It’s a classic beginner’s mistake.
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@essspi
Read about Copyright and Public Domain
Here are some sources of free images.
7 Sources of Free Images for Your Blog or Website
20 Gov’t Sources of Free Images for Your Blog
http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/
http://www.bigfoto.com/
http://http://www.sxc.hu/ -
Just because an image is being freely shared on Twitter, Facebook, and other blogs doesn’t mean that it is being shared -legally-. Chances are, if you are being served a DMCA notice, others that have shared the picture without permission are as well.
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Good point. That’s why reverse image search http://www.tineye.com/ is a good tool to use but it’s no infallible. http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CDQQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Finsidesearch%2Ffeatures%2Fimages%2Fsearchbyimage.html&ei=PpqVUrn3NKugsQSv_4DwCw&usg=AFQjCNELieTQZcdHOr-fQqG2rq5hUh-MIw&bvm=bv.57155469,d.cWc The best course of action is only to use images are available for use and to follow the terms of use.
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Sites like Tumblr and Pinterest seem to encourage users to think it’s OK to post other people’s images without permission. Some of the photos from my blog are all over the internet, usually starting from a Pinterest site and almost never with a link back to me (and NEVER with my permission). But for me none are worth the hassle of a DMCA notice.
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