license

We are often asked whether it is lawful to use a particular image from the Internet on a website or social media page.  This question can take many different forms.  Some believe that images placed on the Internet are in the “public domain,” meaning that these people believe images on the Internet are freely available to all and not subject to copyright protection.  Others acknowledge that copyright protection may exist for some images on the Internet, but believe that a lack of a copyright notice or a lack of clear evidence of the identity of the author of the image extinguishes any copyright that may have once existed.  These beliefs are not correct, and the reason why is clear upon a further examination of copyright law in the United States.

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