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Pictures for a Website
1 points by nomad2986 5612 days ago
I have an idea for a website but it is predicated on the use of celebrity photographs. From what I've seen online it isn't legal to do such things. So my question is if anyone knows a way to purchase a large database of photographs. I'm certainly willing to pay(depending on how much it would cost) Thanks
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Jsarokin 5612 days ago
I don't have expertise in this area but I have been researching something similar with music. There are companies that have large collections (millions) of copy written material and you pay a small yearly fee to get a license to use it. This is done a lot with music and karaoke. You need to buy a license to cover the royalties.

If the above is a no-go, you can always use Getty images, or search for images that are party of "public domain". That may actually be easier from the get go.

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Mz 5612 days ago
How to Find Legal Free Images for Your Site

http://www.doitwithwordpress.com/how-to-find-legal-free-imag...

This was posted on HN not terribly long ago. (Probably 18 days ago by the dating on my posterous account.) I didn't keep the link to the HN post, so there probably was no discussion on it at that time. A search of HN did not turn it up but I thought I had sent it to myself to keep as a resource and I had. (If you are better at searching HN than I am, maybe you can find it and maybe it has discussion.)

HTH.

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