web ????

[greenoak]

i have a question about using old images on my blog.......like the mona lisa....obviously no one has a copyright on it.....but can i just pull an image of it off the internet? meaning downloading it off a site..and use it? ..

and how about famose people....do i have to have permission to put say a picture of a movie star on my blog? ...i love the cyber world and my blog has been really fun for me...but its all pretty new and i dont want to do anything wrong but i want to put a lot of pictures on.....
.i have used some neat artwork and modern images on the blog...with permissions...
any good generalizations for me? thanks
ann
www.magpiecottage.blogspot.com
www.greenoakantiques.com

[afterall.designs]

Greenoak,
I asked my partner Peter, who is a writer and biographer and therefore familiar with copyright and images...he said "basically, if it is on the web, it is fair game, don't worry about it"....only if you were making a living by utilizing other people's images you might eventually have a problem. Lots of people have taken images that P holds the rights to and reprinted them on the web, which doesn't bother him. He does expect that when his images are used in books or TV he'll be contacted for release and/or compensation, however.
Does that answer your question?

[greenoak]

thanks...i hope thats right....it sure sounds right....
.. i have heard the opposite too.............ann
www.magpiecottage.blogspot.com
www.greenoakantiques.com
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