Free Photos: Fully Legitimate and Legal

[Oscar Michelen]

Hey everyone:

Very often Matt and I are asked about where to acquire digital images from in the post Pic Scout, Digimark, demand letter era. Matt even put up a post on the subject.  I thought it would be good to make everyone aware that Uncle Sam is a good source.  Government works are not copyrightable as they belong to the public. So you can go to usa.gov and search the Graphics page for excellent pictures on a variety of topics. I also found a site that provides links to several government sites that have free photos for download:

 http://www.dotgovwatch.com/index.php?/archives/8-The-Best-Copyright-Free-Photo-Libraries.html

Even Getty can't compete against Free!

[Matthew Chan]

This is the main U.S. Government link to access many of the Free Photos from U.S. Government websites:

 U.S. Government Photos and Images

This is a tremendously awesome resource.  There are so many photos to choose from especially if you like nature, space, weather, wildlife, and the sciences.

The original Boycott Stock Photos article I wrote can be found here:

http://extortionletterinfo.com/boycott.htm