dang, wish i had never heard about  infringing with photos by using other peoples  pictures without permission…..

…i need  some  fun  posts on my  facebook and there are so many  great ones flying  around  on   pinterest!!!  that i probably  shouldnt use…..  but  everyone  else   seems  to  be  using them  with abandon….

You can share the Pinterest link.  But I wouldn’t do a control-c on the picture and then post it.  It doesn’t look as good when you post the link of the picture but it is a work-around.  

@annfurnivall  I agree that great digital content is infinite. Unfortunately, content creators are due their copyrights. Ann, you may want to look into a photo subscription plan with one of the large photo houses. This will give you the licensing rights to use an assortment of interesting photos in your business communications without worrying about copyright issues per se. Subscription plans run the spectrum depending on volume of use and which photo house you use. Do a Google search to identify your options. Hang in there. There’s always a solution to perceived problems.

One suggestion I would recommend is to work directly with local photographers! You can post a message on Craigslist or in the newspaper, or find out places that would let you put up a flyer. I did that for a project a few years back. The best part about it is that most photographers, if you’re willing to work directly with them, are happy to sit down and talk about your needs. As a marketer, this was awesome as they were also able to use their local knowledge to maximize the effectiveness of the campaign. It was more expensive then iStock, but I think worth it in the long run. And does anyone seriously think the perfectly made up models sitting at desks are really what your staff looks like?

Copyright is one of my passions – you have to be so careful not to infringe other people’s work., no matter what that is. If you want to use something from Pinterest which I did recently in my healthy food ideas in schooldaysmagazine.com – simple just contact the person who originally posted and ask their permission! In this instance they gave me permission. As a thank you I included their website URL and they in turn have posted the page to their networks. Also remember that any photos with children in them, you must have parental or guardian written permission for them to be reproduced unless they come from a stock library that you have paid to use their photos. This is to protect the family and it is bad manners not to ask someone if you can post their image.