Question about images for blog posts

[Nadim mithu]

Is it okay to use images taken from television shows, comics and movies and include them in blog posts?

For example, if I have a blog post about the top 10 greatest comic book characters of all time, would it be okay to include official images (taken from comic books) of the characters in my blog post? This is also assuming that I'd be monetizing my blog, meaning the usage of these images would probably fall under commercial use.

Oftentimes, images from stock sites just don't work well with these types of posts, so I'd prefer to use official pictures if I can legally do so.

I notice that some of the bigger sites use official images, but I'd assume they're either getting the permission of the copyright holders to do so, or the copyright holders look at it as free marketing and don't mind.

Just wanted to get a few opinions, especially from those of you that have experience with this issue. Thanks.

 

[Panther28]

I looked at a couple of movie sites, and one in particular, I'll PM you the link, have DMCA contact notices. If you are running a business, then the users of your website would upload the content to your articles, hoping that it was fair usage, and that's the great legal grey area of the whole digital 21st century! Mix that in now with NFT's and well there you go...lol

As long as you aren't actively selling the images, and your using all the same promotional material that other sites use then that should be fine with the DMCA notice. But you can also alter the image in such a way that it is like a good youtube thumbnail, with graphics and text overlay, then you would stand a better chance at arguing that you have dramatically changed the original works.

You could always contact some of these blogs yourself, and ask them how, or DM them on Twitter, "Love your blog and been following it for years. I would love to tell my own movie stories too, but I'm scared of image copyright, how do you get around that?"

 

[Ley]

You should disclose the source of the image, I think that's fine.

 

[Panther28]

You should disclose the source of the image, I think that's fine.

Yes, on hubpages, when you link an article image, you are encouraged to put source, and they have a shed load of copyright images! lol

 

[Zakch93]

I looked at a couple of movie sites, and one in particular, I'll PM you the link, have DMCA contact notices. If you are running a business, then the users of your website would upload the content to your articles, hoping that it was fair usage, and that's the great legal grey area of the whole digital 21st century! Mix that in now with NFT's and well there you go...lol

As long as you aren't actively selling the images, and your using all the same promotional material that other sites use then that should be fine with the DMCA notice. But you can also alter the image in such a way that it is like a good youtube thumbnail, with graphics and text overlay, then you would stand a better chance at arguing that you have dramatically changed the original works.

You could always contact some of these blogs yourself, and ask them how, or DM them on Twitter, "Love your blog and been following it for years. I would love to tell my own movie stories too, but I'm scared of image copyright, how do you get around that?"

Yeah the user uploaded images is a good idea, Buzzfeed does it by mentionning it in their terms, so basically you're untouchable since it's a """user""" (lol) who uploaded the image. And maybe even wrore it too! Let's make all the 50 year old intelectual propriety lawyers think people like to write articles for free for some random websites in 2023.

Btw can you expand on the NFT part? How can some people make and sell Nintendo (and if you don't know, they are, with Disney, hands down the most ruthless and aggressive company in defending their copyrights) based NFT art and get away with it?

 

[Panther28]

Btw can you expand on the NFT part? How can some people make and sell Nintendo (and if you don't know, they are, with Disney, hands down the most ruthless and aggressive company in defending their copyrights) based NFT art and get away with it?

That is something you could ask an online lawyer for $50 bucks a probably get a very sweet answer. Small price to pay if you were thinking of testing the waters in this area. Can't we all just do a south park and say that "nobody should view this material" and "all characters are fictional, even those based on real characters" ? lol

 

[LinkJar]

The copyright Law prevents unauthorized use of any work and images of TV shows, movies or people on the Internet have same rights as any other creative work. SO, if you require to use any of these images for commercial purposes then you will have to ask for permission for the same.

You can take screenshots and use them on your blog. This almost always falls under Fair Use. It comes down to intent, how, and how much you use of the other person's content . 99.9% of the time you don't have to ask for permission.
Check with this - https://www.writingbeginner.com/take-a-screenshot-and-use-it-on-blog/ - It shows you Can I Take a Screenshot and Use It On My Blog (SOLVED) with detailed .

See - https://www.hamonlibraryblog.org/2015/09/16/how-to-legally-use-copyrighted-images-in-your-blog/ - It shows you How to (legally) use copyrighted images in your blog with detailed .

Steps to Use Photos without Violating Copyright Laws ,
Always ask permission to use a photo.
Give proper credit to the creator of the photo.
Understand the Fair Use copyright.
Use images with Creative Commons licenses.
See - https://theregisteredr.com/how-to-use-photos-without-violating-copyright-laws/ - It shows you more about above steps .

To find the image is copyrighted ,
Use Reverse image search , like TinEye. This will show you where the image is used, and where it has come from.
One good way to see if a photo is copyrighted is by reverse searching for the image. Right click on the image and select “copy image address”. Then paste this into Google Images or a site dedicated to reverse image search, like TinEye.

Hope this Helps !

 

[loskybre]

It's fair use, I don't see any problem

 

[seomaster5]

Just put a link to the original source and you can use without any problem.

 

[Emme]

I looked at a couple of movie sites, and one in particular, I'll PM you the link, have DMCA contact notices. If you are running a business, then the users of your website would upload the content to your articles, hoping that it was fair usage, and that's the great legal grey area of the whole digital 21st century! Mix that in now with NFT's and well there you go...lol

As long as you aren't actively selling the images, and your using all the same promotional material that other sites use then that should be fine with the DMCA notice. But you can also alter the image in such a way that it is like a good youtube thumbnail, with graphics and text overlay, then you would stand a better chance at arguing that you have dramatically changed the original works.

You could always contact some of these blogs yourself, and ask them how, or DM them on Twitter, "Love your blog and been following it for years. I would love to tell my own movie stories too, but I'm scared of image copyright, how do you get around that?"

How do you check a site's DMCA notices?
Of course, a blog owner will get an e-mail with the DMCA notice, usually at [email protected]. But if you never had an e-mail listed on the site and your site has received DMCA notices how do you see the current DMCA notices?

 

[Ruseusti]

Is it okay to use images taken from television shows, comics and movies and include them in blog posts?

It would be fair use provided you don't misuse brands.

 

[davidelzs]

You can post with source of the image