Image Copyright : Additional Information

Creative Commons images are a great example for using resources without the need for asking the author for permission, the licenses themselves indicate permission. The Public Domain is another option for searching images available for free use.

Luckily, there are some more options for using images without committing any copyright infringement.

You still can find free images on Google without infringing copyrights. Just you have to do this with caution. You go to ‘Google Images’ and make your search, in the section ‘Tools’ you click on ‘Usage Rights’ and from there you can choose the option you want.

Do you know that you can search for images in our databases?

Several of our databases have multimedia collections which you can browse. The images are copyrighted, but can be used for educational purposes. All the materials you use should be properly attributed and cited in your work.

• EBSCO Host – Images / EDS One Search - Multimedia
• Encyclopedia Britannica – Media Browse
• ARTSTOR* - 3 million images from leading museums, photo archives, scholars, and artists which are rights-cleared for use in education.

* Free trial access until December 31, 2020.

This is probably the most secure option and, moreover, it will add to the authenticity of the content you are creating. There are great online graphic design tools you can use: Canva, Snappa, Fotor,  PicMonkey or Pablo. However, this is not always the most convenient option. Consider that the resources you create in these platforms might also be a subject of specific copyright licenses that limit their use.

You can check the U.S. Copyright Law here.

For the Bulgarian Copyright Act see here.

Here you can get more information on frequent questions about the Bulgarian Copyright law.

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Unsplash

Pxhere

Openverse

Pexels

Stocksnap.io

NegativeSpace

PicJumbo

Isorepublic.com

Flickr

GettyImages

Fotolia

iStock

ShutterStock

More stock photography websites

Rights Statements can be used by cultural heritage institutions to communicate the copyright and re-use status of digital objects to the public. They are developed for the needs of cultural heritage institutions and online cultural heritage aggregation platforms and are not intended to be used by individuals to license their own creations (for this purpose are usually used the Creative Commons Licenses).

You can find more information about Rights Statements here.