Don’t Get Sued for Unintentional Image Theft

Writers often make wrong assumptions about copyright protection of photos and graphics

Writers who self-publish, or who suggest images to go with their stories in a publication, and even some publication editors, don’t always understand basic copyright rules around photos, illustrations, charts and other images they see on the web. You might use a copyrighted image—purposely or unwittingly— and get away with it. But the risk of an expensi…