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Originally Posted by 2MuchMark
Just because a persons picture appears on Wikipedia or others like IMDB doesn't mean it is in the public domain.
In order for you to use a picture of anyone for your own business or even in content you generate yourself, you have to have permission to do so, and usually that means paying for the rights to use that image.
This is true in just about every circumstance. Even a photograph of a person in a movie, where that person did not even act, must be paid for. Any time there is a sound or a sample that is used in any song, that sound or sample has been or should have been paid for too. Look up copyright law to know more about how this works, and about exceptions, etc.
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There are plenty of
files on Wikipedia with the following licensing terms:
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This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
You are free:
to share ? to copy, distribute and transmit the work
to remix ? to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
attribution ? You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).
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Originally Posted by 2MuchMark
Really? Do share.
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See link posted by DBS.US in post #7 above.