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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeepfreak81, post: 3091688, member: 93888&quot;]Thanks for the clarification, I wasn&#039;t really wanting to share it at this point anyway.&nbsp; Like I say, it&#039;s really in it&#039;s infancy and requires much more research and writing before being ready for the &quot;public eye&quot;.&nbsp; Also, I wasn&#039;t sure where at some point I may monetize via google ads, or affiliate links even if in a minimumal way, if that would break the rule.&nbsp; Thanks again!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So here&#039;s the thing, and I didn&#039;t really notice this until I got into internet marketing, but there are countless number of images available for free use.&nbsp; Many photographers are happy to share their work, some want to be referenced, some do not.&nbsp; Some don&#039;t want it used for commercial work, some don&#039;t care.&nbsp; If you have any interest check out creative commons licensing.</p><p><br /></p><p>As Doug mentioned in his edit, this is pretty common practice.&nbsp; NOW, where the line is usually drawn is if you are making money directly off the person&#039;s work.&nbsp; So example would be if I took an image non-licensed or creative commons, and then printed and sold that image without direct consent or compensation to the photographer.&nbsp; That is in fact illegal.&nbsp; However, as long as used as I plan to and under the proper licensing and attribution it&#039;s fine.&nbsp; I guarantee you&#039;ve visited numerous websites that utilize this.&nbsp; Ever been to one of those &quot;top 10&quot; sites, like top 10 TV&#039;s of 2018.&nbsp; Ya, that&#039;s a straight up internet marketing site designed solely to collect ad and affiliate money. Dollars to donuts they&#039;re using free images on their site.</p><p><br /></p><p>I actually have provided some stock photography in the past for creative commons.&nbsp; I do some landscape and wildlife photography occasionally and I&#039;ve uploaded these things to places such as shutterstock and other stock image sites, some free, some not. </p><p><br /></p><p>I may purchase some stock photos but it gets pricey at $2-$10 an image when the site will never make much money and certainly not for a while.&nbsp; That&#039;s why I&#039;m hoping to use some of my own photography but I&#039;m already running into issues due to the lack of coins in my collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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