Question

How are the terms public domain, royalty-free, and copyright defined as they pertain to images?

How does a photographer or artist protect his/her ownership of images available online?

How can they be ethically and legally used by another party?

Locate an online source for images, graphics, and infographics. Can you use these resources in creating your online presence or the online presence for an organization? What permissions or restrictions are in place for their use?

Answer 1

Q1. The terms pertaining to images are discussed below:

Public domain: The images those are openly accessible in a complete way without any restrictions of the copyright act.

Royalty- free: The images that are subject to use without the requirement to pay any fee for getting the license to use openly. It basically allows the open right to access the image content.

Copyright: It is the sole authorize the right of the creator of the original work, the rights are required to use it for any purpose. The copyright owner fixes the legal rights to be taken for the use of image content.

Q2.
The photographer puts the “copyright” mark over the images that he/she uploads online so that the people who want the image to download should know about the restrictions of the usage of the image. Another thing a photographer should upload the image in those portals in which a user requires to enlist him/her as the premium member with a valid identity. The user is required to pay to download the photographed image with a price so that he/she can use it for own purpose. This will protect the photographer from the mass distribution of the images. The last important factor is that a photographer can protect his/her images by putting a disclaimer writing that needs to be agreed by the downloader by strictly adhering the rules that the photographs must be used for own purpose not for any performance or for any public distribution. The photographers need to post on those platforms in which the security of authentication is higher.

Q3.

The photographs can be used ethically and legally by taking the rights or permission of the owner following the legal set of rules from the owner. The owner rules that are granted while downloading the image content are necessary to be followed to avoid the legal proceedings for violating the intellectual rights. The main context is to follow and maintain the copyright law initiated by the owner so that his/her photographs should not be treated as exploited under any condition, the party is required to be completely focused while using the copyright contents.

Q4.
One of the best online sources to locate images, graphics, and infographics are the Google or Pinterest. Both the platforms are completely related with one another.

Yes, the resources can be utilized for online presence for an organization to showcase its functionalities and work process in any format.

The permissions that are basically required to use is to sign up for reaching those sources otherwise it won’t be accessible in any way. The copyright rules are simple as during the signup it will be clearly mentioned about the process of using those contents. These are the basic rules that not to distribute the contents in the places or to people without any authentication, especially when the content is for organizations purpose, and rest it is as per the rules while registering into the particular domain for using it.