Digital Images for Blogs
One issue that many bloggers and website owners are unaware of is image copyright. Many professional image and news sites as well as photographers do not allow use of their work by others without permission or payment. However, devoid of photographs, blogs can lose their appeal, but there are thankfully a number of sites that do offer use according to a variety of terms.
SpinXpress, for example, is a site that allows global searches of some image sites for photographs, video and music that can be used according to a variety of licenses such as Creative Commons. The situation has now gotten even more diverse with one of the largest photographic libraries, Corbis, making use of its images free for bloggers.
Probably, confronted with widespread theft of images, they figured it would be easier and more commercially productive to allow use on their terms. The Photography Blog has more.
PicApp gives bloggers and other online publishers access to copyrighted news and creative images, completely free. Now available in public beta, PicApp features images from Getty Images, Corbis and other prestigious image agencies. Each image is accompanied by a non-intrusive ad to drive royalties to the related content partners, instead of the traditional license fees. “Bloggers are the new journalists and they can now get great images - and use them legally, with no charge whatsoever,” said Eyal Gura, CEO, PicScout. “Through PicApp, we are providing today’s new media with access to the latest images and an easy way to enrich their readers’ experience.”
Mashable has more on the Corbis PicApp Beta while the actual site is here.