Image copyright laws
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Hey there, I get the gist of the general copyright laws and that you have to obtain consent or buy the image to use it. However, this site will contain a lot of reviews of specific products and I would like to include the image of that product. If I take a picture of the product and use it on my site, is that copyright since its not MY product but I took the picture of the product? I know it seems like a silly question, but I can’t find any answers on this and I want to make sure I don’t copyright anything.
Thanks!
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If you take a picture of a product (spoon for instance) – you own the copyright since it is your work
The exception to the you take the picture thing that I am aware of – is if you take a picture of a piece of artwork – even if it is public art – usually the artist retains rights to the image (a friend of mine is a Graphic Artist and got tripped up on this one when she took some pictures of some brass footsteps embedded in a public sidewalk – she & her insurance company offered a fair settlement and the artist sued & won – but the artist got less than the original offer and way less than his court costs and legal fees)
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Most companies that provide products for review also provide images and other promotional bumpff that you are allowed to use.
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Wow these are both super helpful thank you! Especially the note about taking an image of art, I would not have thought of that!
Timetheif, how would I find these specific images? Just on their website or I assume to ask for them?
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