how to make sure website does not have copyrighted images?

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one of my former clients wants me to go through his entire website to make sure none of the images have been stolen (i.e. none of the images are copyrighted) because he doesn't want to get sued.

I have been thinking about how to do this, but can't figure it out. what's the best way of doing this? The website is not that large, about 60 pages, and I estimate around 500 images.

would I just go through each image and plug it into google reverse image search? then what? once I plug it in, how do I know if it's copyrighted?
 
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go to any royalty free image site and you'll find some
 
The only way to make sure the images are 100% non- copyrighted is to bring in the photographer and have him/her sign a release form.
 
best is probably to change them all ... its impossible to find out if all the pics are ok-
 
change them all.

then goto a website that offers royalty free pics then add them to the website .

in your legal link add where the pics are from and you dont own them.
 
pexels.com is the best free one i got to know... others are really low quality.
 
aidenhera said:
pexels.com is the best free one i got to know... others are really low quality.
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How do you know their free to use. I dont think they verify that the person who is uploading the photo's is the actual owner of the photograph.
 
damagesmith said:
How do you know their free to use. I dont think they verify that the person who is uploading the photo's is the actual owner of the photograph.
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i dont know their process. but well you could always say you took this image from pexels.com and they lied to you about its license
 
aidenhera said:
i dont know their process. but well you could always say you took this image from pexels.com and they lied to you about its license
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I am not sure if that would work in a court of law. Albeit i do admit im not a lawyer.
 
type "free copyright images" on google search form, u will bring to some of web provide it, such as pixabay, pexels, unsplash,morguefille, etc... they state if image's were free copyright issue..
 
  • Tineye.com is often better for reverse image search than Google.
  • If you only require blog size images, Getty allows free embedding of their images, including celebrities etc. (gettyimages.com/resources/embed).
  • In addition to all the free sites mentioned in the other comments, try archive.org and Wikimedia Commons.
  • Lastly, some sites offer cheap trials, like storyblocks.com They offer 20 downloads per day for 7 days free. I also found a cheap 1 image per month for 5 cents at Dreamstime.com which I subscribed several times with different email/same credit card. That's the cheapest paid plan that I've found. (You can get the link by visiting stockfreeimages.com and waiting for the pop-up offer). Depositphotos offered a 10 for $10 monthly plan, but it's not available now.
 
First see any logo in that Or watermark of their companies. It should be plain..
 
Use Freepik website to get royalty free images or while searching on google for images, set the option as reuse under usage rights.
 
malakaka said:
  • Tineye.com is often better for reverse image search than Google.
  • If you only require blog size images, Getty allows free embedding of their images, including celebrities etc. (gettyimages.com/resources/embed).
  • In addition to all the free sites mentioned in the other comments, try archive.org and Wikimedia Commons.
  • Lastly, some sites offer cheap trials, like storyblocks.com They offer 20 downloads per day for 7 days free. I also found a cheap 1 image per month for 5 cents at Dreamstime.com which I subscribed several times with different email/same credit card. That's the cheapest paid plan that I've found. (You can get the link by visiting stockfreeimages.com and waiting for the pop-up offer). Depositphotos offered a 10 for $10 monthly plan, but it's not available now.
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Gettyimages can only be used for non-commercial sites.
 
You can try google reverse img search and see if it comes up as someone else's but overall pretty useless thing IMO... if you don't know the img real source there's always chance it belongs to someone else... personally, I wouldn't stress about it and would just remove the img if someone contacts about it.
 
damagesmith said:
Gettyimages can only be used for non-commercial sites.
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Agree, but non-commercial is not the same as not-for-profit. Without reading the TOS, a blog with a few affiliate links is not treated the same as a Shopify store. You're probably correct though.

Edit: Getty defines commercial purpose. "For example, in advertising, promotions or merchandising."
 
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