Re: photos for web

At 11:17 -0700 2006-06-21, Susan L. Hedgpeth wrote:
>I'm looking for photos of doctors (medical, optometrist, vet, etc.)
>and other medical personnel to use on our health careers web pages.
>Some questions have come up:
>
>1. What are the rules for using photos found on the web for example
>via a google search? i.e., do I need to get permission to use them?

   Most websites that offer image collections, even ad hoc collections
such as that offered by Google Images, have some language on the site
which describes the terms under which the images can be used.

   For instance, in its Image Search FAQ
<http://www.google.com/help/faq_images.html#copyright>, Google states:

> Are there any copyright restrictions associated with the images?
>
> The images identified by the Google Image Search service may be
>protected by copyrights. Although you can locate and access the
>images through our service, we cannot grant you any rights to use
>them for any purpose other than viewing them on the web.
>Accordingly, if you would like to use any images you have found
>through our service, we advise you to contact the site owner to
>obtain the requisite permissions.

>3. Do you know of other sources for photos?

   One possibility: searching on Internet search engines using search
terms like "photos" or "images" paired with "royalty free" and
"medical" or "doctor".

   This will identify a large variety of commercial and free sources
of images, many of which can be purchased - in some cases quite
reasonably - or (in a few instances) obtained at no cost. As always,
you'll need to carefully examine the licensing terms offered; perhaps
others on this list might be able to offer advice in that area.

   One specialized approach might be to search on terms such as
"creative commons" and "photos" or "images" to identify images that
are (ostensibly) covered by Creative Commons
<http://creativecommons.org> licenses. Flickr is one site that
offers the ability to search for photos which fall under various CC
license categories:

   http://flickr.com/creativecommons/

   Of course, there is always the (slight?) possibility that a photo
which is declared to ostensibly be covered by a Creative Commons
license might actually be covered by a more restrictive license,
commercial or otherwise. Buying licensed images from well-known
commercial stock photo vendors does offer some potential peace of
mind ...

Aron Roberts
Information Services and Technology
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Received on Wed Jun 21 11:39:32 2006