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Preventing images from becoming Orphaned

March 19, 2014 1 comment

Guest post by Doug Brooks Questions: How can you prevent images from being stripped of their © information? How can you find a copyright holder when the image you want to license offers no information of any kind? What can you do to protect your images from becoming Orphans? Answers: There are ways* (notice the …


Using Orphan Images

February 19, 2014

© 2014 Doug Brooks, All Rights Reserved Question: When is it okay for me to publish (or otherwise use) an orphan image? Answer:    Never* (notice the asterisk) We all know that copyright is there to protect creative works from being used without the permission of the rights holder.  That’s good, that’s solid, we can all …