Let Us Show You Where To Find Simply Priceless Images To Use On Your Websites And Blogs, Without The Worry Of Getting Fined For Improper Image Use…

Nearly every day, people all over the world get fined for “improper image use” to the tune of one thousand dollars or more - per image!

Don’t Let Yourself Be One of Them!

Let me tell you a little secret that you may not know about.

Major stock companies (like Getty, Jupiter and Corbis) actually use software to “encode” the pixels of their stock images. They do this, so that they can run a software program, that locates their images on the internet. That might not seem like a big deal to you, because the stock companies are just protecting their copyrights… and keeping thieves from stealing images, right?

Isn’t that a good thing?

Well, just imagine for a moment that you hired a wonderful website designer to create your website about 3-4 years ago. The designer you hired, did a super job, and you love the design. You’ve been able to make some decent money from that site, and all is well on the internet.

Then one day you get a letter in the mail. It says that you have 3 illegal images on your website (that was designed 3-4 years ago) - and that you are being fined 3,000.00 for those images.

Are you some kind of image thief like they state in their letter?

Of course you’re not.

You put your faith into a website designer. You didn’t pick out the images - the designer did. Coming from personal experience as a website designer myself, I do like it when my clients put trust in me. They should be able to do that, because after all - they are paying me not only for my design work… but also for my knowledge of image use.

Sadly, any one of us can make a mistake - and most times, it’s really not our fault. Most designers do their “due diligence” to make sure the stock that we use is within terms. Most website owners are NOT image thieves, they are just misinformed.

The problem is, that major stock companies don’t care where you got the images, even if you downloaded them for free from their very own website. Some stock houses don’t record these free downloads, only to turn around later and smack a big fine on some innocent soul who only downloaded one of their free stock images. Most people don’t INTEND to steal ANYTHING.

Designers, small business owners, bloggers… doesn’t matter who you are, if you are found with an “illegal image” on your website - you can be fined. It’s as easy as that.

Dear Fellow Website Owners,

Michelle Brouse here, with a newly updated report that was written just for YOU! If you don’t know much about me, I’m just a “graphic chick” who learned how to create websites somewhere around 1997-98. By 1999 I was designing internal internet sites for a large company called CTG in Cleveland, Ohio. Nobody told me about these types of fines back then, and nobody gave me good information on which stock houses to use. When I worked in a major corp. we had “Corbis discs” at the time.

This information has come directly through the experiences of others over the past several years. Thankfully, I’ve never personally been fined… yet. Matter of fact, just last week I got another call. Coincidentally right after this report was updated to reflect all the changes in image terms for 2009.

A programmer that created one of my sites called to let me know that another site owner had been fined two thousand dollars for two small images. And that my site had the same images. So I’m in line to get a letter myself.

I’m thinking, “Well, isn’t that just peachy.”

As careful as I have been in the last few years since I learned all about image rights… and now I might get a letter too.

I haven’t, and it’s purely speculation at this point, but I MIGHT.

All because I trusted the designer of the site, and because I didn’t see any images on the site that would make me uncomfortable. In fact, I did ask where all the images came from, and the programmer said they were mostly all public domain. I believed it. Nothing looked particularly fancy.

Any one of us can make a mistake, unless we know exactly what we’re doing - and where to get images that won’t get us into trouble. Even then, a stock house can change their terms, making your image illegal without you even knowing about it.

BUT…

“Know Your Image Rights” was written to help you understand how to prevent yourself from being fined large sums of money due to a couple of non-compliant images on your website.

Since I’ve been working with images for a very long time, I’ve been asked a number of questions from my clients. These questions include:

• Where do you find such fantastic images Michelle?

• Where can I find good “people” images that are legal to use for my websites and ebook covers?

• How do you know which images you can use for website templates that you intend to resell?

• Where do you get such nice images for design work, Michelle?

• Where can I find free images that I can use on my blogs?

• Where can I find images to use as illustrations for my ebooks, and reports?

• How can I tell if an image is really “legal” to use?

This report was written to answer all those questions too. “Know Your Image Rights” not only gives you the information you need to protect yourself, it links you directly to the very same image sources I use myself.

Rights on images have been a huge concern for quite some time now. If you get caught using “illegal images” on your websites you could be fined very heavily. Last I heard (just last week) it was around $1,000.00 per image. Yes, I said PER IMAGE.

Just 5 illegal images on any ONE of your websites can cost you up to $5,000.00 bucks! Imagine if you have about 30 websites like I do.

They don’t have to be profitable. They could be sitting there doing absolutely nothing - just a forgotten site that you meant to do something with and never did. If there is an image on that old forgotten site that hasn’t made you a dime, that turns out to be illegal… guess what.

They will fine you just the same. They don’t care - more cash for them.

Now, I will link you to a resource where the discussion got hot and heavy about this issue, and you will be able to figure out what to do if you DO get fined… but why not just eliminate the entire issue in the first place? Right when you set up your website.

“Merry Christmas To Me!”

That was the title of a thread in one of my favorite forums (The Warrior Forum) around Christmas of 2006-2007. I was completely astounded by what I read. This poor fellow had a designer create his website graphics for him. The site had been up for some time, and everything had been fine for a while.

Right before Christmas, of all times… this man got a note from one of the major stock companies telling him that he had “illegal” images on his website. He did everything he could to figure out what was going on, including contacting his designer.

Here the designer had unknowingly bought some stock discs from eBay that had illegal images on them. She didn’t know she was using illegal images, and neither did he. It was an eye-opening thread, to say the least.

Well, guess who ended up paying for it.

The poor guy who had the “illegal” images on his website. If I remember right, he actually had 3 images that were illegal, and they wanted 3 grand per image. He had no way to get out of it, so he had to pay. That’s about 9 thousand bucks, and no, I am NOT making this up.

Highway robbery.

No, “stealing” images is NOT a good thing. I don’t agree with that, and always either buy my images, or find them from the right resources. But certain major stock houses are being just a bit unreasonable, don’t you think?

The problem is, that they rarely listen to reason - they don’t care about your story, and some don’t even track downloads. They track by pixel. So they have no clue whether you actually quote “bought” the image or not. If you paid a designer you “bought” the image, and therefore the designer should be responsible for the fine, right?

Not so.

Not in the eyes of the big stock house company.

The problem is, that IF you paid a designer, and you can’t get ahold of them to find out where your site images actually came from - then you have no proof of purchase. That is what some of these stock houses count on. After 3-9 years, who has that kind of information backed up?

Who, after 5 years can go back and find the original purchase agreement?

If you have proof of purchase you’re in the clear my friend, and good on you for being one of the rare people who can do that… but as a general rule, most people do not. And the major stock houses know this. Don’t think that they don’t. ***Keep that in mind on your next image hunt!***

Now, I don’t know what happened with that particular original poster, nor what happened with his designer… but I can bet that this guy was very hurt. Not only mentally, but in his business. Small business owners can NOT afford to pay out nine thousand dollars to a major stock company like that without it seriously affecting their business. Even two thousand is a stretch!

Don’t Let It Happen To You!

Why should you allow yourself to be caught dead in the water with some “bad” images laying around? Profitable sites, old sites, blogs, doesn’t matter. You honestly don’t want to have illegal images on any of your websites, do you?

Of course you don’t.

Lucky for you, I have already been there, done that and got the T-Shirt.

The information in this document is nothing but good. It comes from years of a “graphic designer’s” experience.

Now YOU Too Can Benefit From All Of My Research!

This report includes links to websites that hand out wonderful FREE images, like these:

Website links to the photos used on this page are included in the “Know Your Image Rights” report.

Did you realize that images of this quality are free, and LEGAL to use?  “Know Your Image Rights” will tell you where to find them.  You will also have direct access to every single User Agreement of each main website, so you can read them for yourself.

Take a look at a few MORE free images:

Website links to the photos used on this page are included in the “Know Your Image Rights” report.

Simply Beautiful Aren’t They?

And guess what… Many of the images I just showed you can be used for templates too.  You just need to know where to find them.

Now sometimes you need great people images, that can be difficult and time consuming to find.  “Know Your Image Rights” includes the paid stock houses I use to pick out wonderful people images.  I use these same stock sites for my customer designs, for illustrations in reports/ebooks, my own websites, and even for templates to be resold.  They look like this:

Website links to the photos used on this page are included in the “Know Your Image Rights” report.

All Of Those Images And MORE Can Be Discovered
When You Purchase “Know Your Image Rights!”

How about using some Public Domain images?  You know what “public domain” means, don’t you?  It essentially means that a particular image is totally without copyright, and can be used for dang well anything you please.

What kind of images can you find without any copyrights on them?  Well, take a look:

Images shown above are without copyright and classified as “public domain.”

Not bad for no copyright problems, don’t you think?

“Know Your Image Rights” includes a whole section of public domain links where you can find the images listed above and more.  You will never be at a loss for the perfect image again.  No more wondering where to get legal images.  No more difficulties finding the perfect images for your websites or design work!

Let’s Recap, Shall We?

What this report IS:

• A handy reference guide for everyday folks who need great images for their own personal websites, reports, ebooks and other products.

• A handy reference guide for website designers who need fantastic images that make their customers go WOW!!!

What this report IS NOT:

• A legal guide written by a lawyer.  I’ve done my best to give you correct information on where to go for images that are legal for all types of use, but I’m no lawyer folks.

What this report contains:

• Information on what you need to think about before locating your images

• Where to get wonderful images for FREE

• Where to get images you can use to build templates for resell

• Where to get people images

• Where to find images that are public domain

• Samples of the types of images you will find on each website

• Direct links to TOS and EULA documents, so you can read them yourself

This report has been researched by me, a website designer who has been in business since the year 2000, starting with local business websites around my hometown.  Within the last 4 years I began doing sales pages and mini-site designs worldwide on the internet.  So I know what I’m talking about when it comes to finding images, and what you can use them for.  “Know Your Image Rights” has been well researched and written in an easy to understand language.  I’m handing you all of my image experience on a silver platter.

Are You Ready To Go On An Image Hunt?
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Thanks for your time!
Michelle Brouse

PS - Please, do yourself a favor.  Protect your websites and your business today!