Links

We get this question a lot. As an imaging business, your success may very well depend upon your ability to find images that you can legally use, and that fit your target audience. Below are a number of Free Domain art sites, as well as sites that offer images for a Fee.

Please note: Inclusion in this list does not constitute an endorsement, nor does it guarantee the validity of any ownership claims made on the site(s) in question. We strongly recommend that you refrain from reproducing any image, logo or brand name - in whole or in part - unless you: a) are the copyright owner; or, b) have obtained written permission from the copyright or trademark owner or licensor. We further urge you to avoid the advice of well-intentioned laypersons who think they know a thing or two about copyright law, but probably don't. For example, anyone who tells you that it is legal to reproduce an image as long as you change most of it, is WRONG. That is a "derivative", and it is still a violation of U.S. copyright law, and it can still get you in trouble.

Protect your business, obtain written permission from the lawful copyright owner before using any image.

• Stock.xchng (www.sxc.hu)
• Morgue File (www.MorgueFile.com)
• Stock Vault (www.StockVault.net)

• iStock Photo (www.iStock.com)
• Shutter Stock (www.ShutterStock.com)
• Comstock/Jupiter Images (www.jupiterimages.com)
• SuperStock (www.SuperStock.com)