Copyrights for content of unknown source [modified]
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I have an image that I want to use, the trouble is I can't remember where I got the image from, and I can't really think of anyway of tracking down the artist. It's a fairly abstract picture so it's got no obvious search terms. I spotted it years ago and downloaded it as a desktop background as it looked cool. Now I want to use it for something that will be public, and I'm concerned there is a small chance that the artist will spot it and take offence that I've used his work without consent. I know the proper answer is probably, 'if in doubt, don't use it', but that's not what I want to hear so I will personally vote you 1 if you tell me that ;) I'm wondering if anyone has any better ideas.
Simon
modified on Sunday, June 14, 2009 9:35 AM
You have no friends who can draw ? Also, on a long shot you could post the image in question somewhere and give us a link to it. I'm curious now as to what it looks like. If it was online, maybe someone here will have some idea to finding the origin. Was the original filename kept, by any chance? edit: I sometimes open a graphics file in notepad and find all kinds of interesting items in plain text, sometimes the artists' name, the editing package, a company name, etc.
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I have an image that I want to use, the trouble is I can't remember where I got the image from, and I can't really think of anyway of tracking down the artist. It's a fairly abstract picture so it's got no obvious search terms. I spotted it years ago and downloaded it as a desktop background as it looked cool. Now I want to use it for something that will be public, and I'm concerned there is a small chance that the artist will spot it and take offence that I've used his work without consent. I know the proper answer is probably, 'if in doubt, don't use it', but that's not what I want to hear so I will personally vote you 1 if you tell me that ;) I'm wondering if anyone has any better ideas.
Simon
modified on Sunday, June 14, 2009 9:35 AM
Do you have a blog with reasonable traffic or anything else you could post a copy of the image and a 'where is this from?' query?
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I have an image that I want to use, the trouble is I can't remember where I got the image from, and I can't really think of anyway of tracking down the artist. It's a fairly abstract picture so it's got no obvious search terms. I spotted it years ago and downloaded it as a desktop background as it looked cool. Now I want to use it for something that will be public, and I'm concerned there is a small chance that the artist will spot it and take offence that I've used his work without consent. I know the proper answer is probably, 'if in doubt, don't use it', but that's not what I want to hear so I will personally vote you 1 if you tell me that ;) I'm wondering if anyone has any better ideas.
Simon
modified on Sunday, June 14, 2009 9:35 AM
have you tried the "similar image search" in Google? [http://similar-images.googlelabs.com/](<a href=)[^]">