Digital Arts
Milton High School
Image Websites
The following websites have images that are either copyright-free or royalty-free. That means that anyone can use them without breaking artistic property laws. Some websites are all free, others are a mix of free images and images for sale. Please do not pay for any images, look for something similar on another website.
https://www.flickr.com/commons/
http://www.everystockphoto.com/
http://www.copyright-free-images.com/
Why can't I just take an image off of a google search?
Because that image belongs to someone. Using another person's image as your own is illegal. It is the same thing as turning in a paper someone else wrote but saying you wrote it (even if you change a couple things). However, there are online resources (e.g., Flicer's Creative Commons) that allow students to use images for educational purposes. That means, you can use their photos as long as you do not re-sell their work.
Useful Vocabulary
Royalty-free
“Royalty-free, or RF, refers to the right to use copyrighted material or intellectual property without the need to pay royalties or license fees for each use or per volume sold, or some time period of use or sales.”
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royalty-free
Copyright-free /Public domain
“Works in the public domain are those whose intellectual property rights have expired, have been forfeited, or are inapplicable. Examples include the works of Shakespeare and Beethoven, most of the early silent films, the formulae of Newtonian physics, and powered flight.”
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Copyright infringement
“Copyright infringement is the use of works protected by copyright law without permission, infringing certain exclusive rights granted to the copyright holder, such as the right to reproduce, distribute, display or perform the protected work, or to make derivative works.”
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_infringement
More Info
http://www.copyrightkids.org/cbasicsframes.htm