Royality free is not FREE
A royality is a use license for images. You pay for the use of the image..you can pay each time it shows.
A royality-free image is an image that you pay a one time fee to use it many times.
A completely free image is a image that the photographer has given free use.
A copyright free image is an image that has no copyright attach and can be used by anyone..nasa often posts copyright free images and PD PHOTO give copyrights to users.
Often "free" sites attach a "link" trade to the images. You may use the images for any reason as long as you link back to the website.
The STOCK EXCHANGE Has many completely free to use images but you must look under the large thumb nails of the images to find out if the photographer has given free use of the image.So in conclusion....If it says royality free..it is not free.
Public Domain is free to use as you wish.
Here are some links that might be of interest to help understand the public domain, and thus contrast it against the minimally-restricted permissions granted for photos in site like the morgueFile archive and royality free sites differ:
AND even if you get a photo from a site that offers it free you still need to realize that they may not have gotten a model release from the person in the photo and if you are publishing a image of a person on a product you will need that permission.
posted by Corena at 10:41 AM
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