Are Flickr photos Creative Commons?

Flickr is a good source of photographs that have been licensed under Creative Commons. Images licensed under Creative Commons are still subject to copyright, but the creator or copyright owner has chosen to allow other people to use their material under certain conditions.

How do I credit Flickr Creative Commons photos?

How to attribute a Creative Commons photo from Flickr

1. keep intact any copyright notices for the Work.
2. credit the author, licensor and/or other parties (such as a wiki or journal) in the manner they specify;
3. include the title of the Work.
4. the URL for the work if applicable.

How many photos on the Flickr website currently use Creative Commons licenses?

There are 227+ million photos under the Creative Commons license, but more than 99% of them are not attributed properly! For example, an image of a lake from Creative Commons has this citation next to it: “lake” by barnyz is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Does Flickr own your photos?

According to Flickr’s terms and conditions page, even after uploading photos to the site, the user retains all intellectual property rights to their content, including the copyright on their photos and videos. You can, however, set your preferences so that some or all of your Flickr photos can be used by anyone.

Do you need permission for Creative Commons?

Creative Commons offers licenses and tools to the public free of charge and does not require that creators or other rights holders register with CC in order to apply a CC license to a work. CC has no authority to grant permission on behalf of those persons, nor does CC manage those rights on behalf of others.

Can I use an image with a Creative Commons license?

Although Public Domain, Creative Commons (CC) or GNU Public Licenses allow free usage of images and photos, and the license status makes them seem safe to use, reality is using these kind of images in your website or online publication can be very risky, legal-wise.

How do I find creative common images?

While not all images on Google Images are Creative Commons licensed, it is possible to limit your search results to only images available under a Creative Commons license. To do so, run your search in the standard Google Image search bar and then on the results page, click on search tools just below the search box.

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