Web images are not FREE!!!!

Just because you find a photo online, does not mean it's free to use. Funny, most people don't understand this. Say you find a baseball cap on a neighbor's front door step. Can you pick up the cap and walk away with it?
Clearly, the answer is NO.
But, many people think that if it's on the web, it's free for the taking. Not so. Photographs, movies, paintings, cartoons--all visual materials- are COPYRIGHTED. That means someone else owns them. Unless the owner places the image into the public domain, which means anyone can use it, or if the copyright has expired (there's a 75 year waiting period for this).
Flickr, YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, Google Images all have tantalizing images. You can't use them unless you ask the owner, and in some cases, clear rights, permissions, and pay for the right to use the image.
So remember, just because it's on the web, doesn't make it free for anyone to use.

The name's Jane, Jane the Photo Editor. Research, photography, hanging around libraries and museums is my game. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I think that's a low estimate. Pictures tell you what words can't. Photos, when they're not doctored by PhotoShop, give you an instant peek into history. One that can never be duplicated.
I plan to write a blog once a week, taking you to places like the Library of Congress, the National Archives, and the Museum of the American Indian. I'll take you inside the workings of a BIG new museum and tiny archives most people never get a chance to see. Civil War battlefields. Photo studios. Newsrooms. And more.
My dog Hattie is a pro too. She'll take you to dog parks, the vet, a Canine Massage Therapist, a Veterinary Accupuncture specialist. Follow her nose.
We're a team. We're on an adventure, always.