Can we use photos from here?

[Claire]

I was wanting to set up my screen saver with photos, and I was going to just get some random ones from google images. Are we allowed to save some pictures people have taken from here to use, or do we need to ask permission off the person whose taken the photo?

[Mark-mck]

hi claire, i dont know the answer but feel free to pilage any of mine if you like, only posted a few and compared to what other people are getting there not that good.

Mark

[brantuk]

Well - it is a public forum, but it might be good etiquette to check with the owner before lifting it. I'd consider that to be most polite and I'm sure most people wouldn't have a problem with it

[Claire]

To me, everything is good! Thanks for the offer and replying My 6 yr old is fascinated by the planets and I know he'd love looking at photo's too

[Claire]

Well - it is a public forum, but it might be good etiquette to check with the owner before lifting it. I'd consider that to be most polite and I'm sure most people wouldn't have a problem with it

Thanks I wouldn't like to just take photo's - I imagine there is a lot of time and effort put into them.

[Mark-mck]

i wouldn't imagin anyone would mind, but like Brantuk say's might be good form to ask first, i bet if you put in a request for a specific target people would be falling overthem selfs to shoot it for you lol.

[astroimpulse]

If they're just for your screensaver then nobody would have known.

Even though this is a public forum the images are, by default, the copyright of the people who took them. So publishing them (online or offline), without permission, would be a violation of the copyright.

But again, you're just making a screensaver for your PC and not selling them, publishing them etc. So there's no issue.

Asking is always polite though. People may even be chuffed you've asked

[Mark-mck]

Asking is always polite though. People may even be chuffed you've asked

i know i would be.

hint hint