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
1 Comments:
The first is just a spelling issue -- it should be royalty, rather than royality. Also, I would define it as a per-use payment for a license, rather than a license.
The idea of "copyright free image" could be confusing. It is described the way public domain would be (i.e., no copyright applies), but public domain is listed separately. The photos on PD Photo that are free to use without restriction are actually public domain, whereas the ones that are free for personal use only still have a copyright and they're provided with a limited license.
Free is a tricky word to use -- this is certainly a topic that has been discussed endlessly amongst those who develop software, which (like photos) can be in the public domain, or it can be provided at no cost but with the copyright intact, or it can be provided with a license that requires payment.
The one word "free" breaks down as:
Free of all restrictions (public domain)
Free of all costs (like morgueFile photos)
Free of recurring costs (so-called royalty-free photos)
I hope this helps! Thanks for the link to your blog.
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