ATTENTION:

Stop stealing images from Google searches to use on your Web sites! Honor the intellectual property of others.

Who knows? One day you too may have some intellectual property you want to protect. Then again, maybe not. After all, if you’ve stolen images and posted them in public view on the Internet, where pages live literally forever and where people can see what you’ve done, what are the odds that you might produce something people might want? I just call ’em like I see ’em, you thoughtless thieves.

Of course, with unlimited funds you can buy the images you need for any project, but with fees often running into the thousands of dollars for a one-time print use, for example, this is often impossible. And taking your own images is often impractical because of time, cost, travel, or equipment restrictions.

So what can you do? Use high quality FREE images and clip art from established free resources like the following:

Screenshot of www.pixabay.com

Pixabay is my go-to site for images in every category.


Screenshot of www.flickr.com

Read this page to understand Creative Commons Rights for not only Flickr but also other freely available legal image and texts.


Screenshot of unsplash.com

Unsplash


Screenshot of www.morguefile.com

Morgue File


Screenshot of www.flickr.com

Library of Congress


Screenshot of www.flickr.com

The Smithsonian


Screenshot of nos.twnsnd.co

New Old Stock


Screenshot of openphoto.net

Open Photo


Screenshot of photopin.com

PhotoPin


Screenshot of raumrot.com

RaumRot


Screenshot of realisticshots.com

Realistic Shots


Screenshot of splitshire.com

SplitShire


Screenshot of startupstockphotos.com

Startup Stock Photos


Screenshot of stockphotos.io

Stockphotos.io


Screenshot of thestocks.im

The Stocks


Screenshot of www.bara-art.com

Bara Art


Screenshot of www.freeepy.com

Freeepy


Screenshot of www.freeimages.com

FreeImages


Screenshot of www.freemagebank.com

Freemagebank


Screenshot of www.gratisography.com

Gratisography


Screenshot of www.imcreator.com

Imcreator FREE


Screenshot of www.pexels.com

Pexels


Screenshot of www.flickr.com

Flickr CC-Search

If you know of more resources, post them below.

 

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