Flickr Creative Commons Images
One of the most common sources of Creative Commons images used by bloggers is Flickr (an online photo sharing website).
Unfortunately, it is often assumed the Flickr images are licensed under Creative Commons and are allowed to be used. This isn’t the case.
- Images marked as “All Rights Reserved” are copyrighted and require permission from the person who uploaded it to Flickr.
- Images with “Some Rights Reserved” means the Flickr user has applied a Creative Commons license to their photo and you can use the image in the manner specified by the license.
For those you might be allowed to use, click on “Some Rights Reserved” for further explanation. This takes you to the Creative Commons license where you can read how you are allowed to use the image.Flickr Creative Commons license
Finding Creative Commons Images
A useful option for finding Flickr Creative Commons Images is to use one of the great Flickr Search Engines.
Compfight is one of the most popular Flickr Search Engines. It provides a range of search options including search by tags only vs. all the text, licenses, the option to show or hide originals, and turn on/off the safe content filter.Compfight Flickr
All images above the line returned by your Compfight search are professional stock photos — they aren’t free to use. Those below the line are Flickr photos.
Photos for Class is a student friendly place for searching safe images from Creative Commons Flickr and (more recently, Pixabay Safe Search). The downloaded images include attribution of the photographer and the image license terms.
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