She inadvertently used a photo on her blog that she thought was free for use since she found it on free service.  The owner of the photo harassed her for a considerable payment to cover the two year duration of the photo being posted on-line.  After scare tactics and threats, she settled by paying a reduced fee to the photographer.

After this unsettling experience, she recommends that it is safest to only use photos you take yourself.

Please don’t risk having your website taken down by your host due to a copyright non-compliance allegation.

• Review these guidelines from Find Law.  In general, you need the author’s permission.
• For general knowledge on copyright of images on websites, you should become acquainted with the responses to basic questions listed on this site from socialmediaexaminer.com.

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