| OK, hands up those of us who have not at
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| | it that you've purchased. Generally,
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| any one time in your career as a Web
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| | unless it is stipulated beforehand, you
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| Master or designer not used the odd
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| | are purchasing the rights to use the
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| pinched photo or image ripped off from
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| | image once. That is, if you buy the
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| someone else's website.
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| | image and use it on your website, it is
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| Well if we are all honest then probably
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| | understood that you cannot take the same
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| all of us at any one time have possibly
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| | image and print it in a brochure or on a
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| used an image that was either incorrectly
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| | t-shirt. You have not purchased the
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| procured or not paid for at all. Now
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| | image outright to do with it as you will,
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| there are two ways of looking at this.
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| | you have only purchased the rights to use
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| Firstly theft is theft and there is no
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| | it in the manner specified in the
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| denying this and its all very well to
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| | contract.
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| talk about "ah well they're large
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| | Purchasing stock images online can make
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| companies and they would not miss it" but
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| | this a bit of a touchy situation, as
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| that is escaping the point. The company
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| | people have a tendency to ignore Terms of
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| might well not miss the cash flow (and
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| | Use contracts when they digitally sign
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| this in the light of recent events with
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| | something. Purchasing a stock photo
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| companies clamping down on harder and
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| | online, however, is no different than
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| harder on copyright theft is doubtful)
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| | doing so from a brick and mortar stock
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| but the individual photographer will.
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| | photo company. The contract is just as
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| So this last point is worth remembering.
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| | binding as if you had signed it with a
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| How would you feel if you were a
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| | ball point pen.
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| photographer and you earned your living
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| | A photographer owns the copyright for his
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| by taking photographs and selling the
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| | or her photograph, unless it was a "work
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| rights of the images to customers but
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| | for hire," in which case, the person or
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| everybody kept using your services for
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| | company who commissioned the photo or the
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| free and nobody showed any intention of
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| | stock agency would own the copyrights to
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| paying?
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| | the photograph. This also depends upon
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| I think we all know the answer to that
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| | the contract between the photographer and
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| question? The thing is, why run the risk
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| | the contractor. Unless you have
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| of having the likes of Getty images come
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| | purchased all rights to the photograph,
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| around and threatened to sue you because
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| | your usage of it will be limited. The
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| you've ripped off one of their images
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| | full rights will generally cost
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| when there are more than enough
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| | considerably more than limited rights.
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| reasonably priced photo libraries around.
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| | Once you have purchased the perfect stock
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| The real kicker is that you don't have to
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| | photo, however, you are free to use it as
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| spend a fortune if you know where to
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| | you like. Sometimes there are
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| look.
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| | limitations to how it can be used, but
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| When you buy a stock photo image, you are
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| | generally you may manipulate the photo as
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| essentially purchasing the rights to use
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| | you need to in order to get the desired
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| the photograph. The limits to this
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| | image.
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| license depend on the type of rights to
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