One of the first problems that we usually encounter when setting up a blog or a web page is related to the use of third-party images. What about copyright? Many people, due to lack of resources or knowledge, tend to use images taken directly from Google search results, and that can be a mistake because we could be skipping copyright in style.
Since 2014 Google includes a new search box that filters images according to their use rights, which greatly facilitates the search for images for our website. If we go to Google Images and select "Search tools”We will see how a new menu is displayed, where we can filter the search result according to the following criteria:
- Not filtered by license: The images shown do not have any type of filter.
- Labeled for reuse with modifications: You can use the image and make changes to it as you like.
- Labeled for reuse: You can use the image but without making any changes to it.
- Labeled for non-commercial reuse with modifications: You can use the image and make changes to it to your liking, but without commercial purposes. That is to say, its use is not allowed if with it you obtain economic benefits.
- Labeled for non-commercial reuse: You can use the image, without commercial purposes and without the possibility of making modifications to it. That is, you can use it for a job or project, but without making changes to the image and as long as you do not obtain any economic benefit.
Anyway, and although these are the general guidelines, Google clarifies the following:
Before reusing the content, make sure its license is legitimate and check the exact conditions of reuse. For example, the license may require you to acknowledge the creator of the image when you use it. Google can't tell if the license tag is legitimate, so we don't know if the content license is legitimate either. "
In other words, once the image is located, it is always advisable to visit the source page, to make sure that the image is really free and we do not have to perform any additional action, such as citing the source. Once we have made sure of this, free reign.
In addition to this great source of images that is Google, there are also many other pages that host royalty-free images and that we can use to nourish ourselves with them. If you are interested here you have a link with others 10 free image banks.
If you are also interested in obtaining other types of resources for your website, I recommend you take a look at the following posts:
The Best Free Fonts
The Best Free Sprites
