Getty Images charges people thousands of dollars to use photos that belong to the public. ... Getty’s library of public-domain images is vast, and its rates aren’t cheap.

A Berlin court has ruled that digitising paintings that are in the public domain creates new copyrights, even if the intent is to create a faithful image rather than produce an artistic ...

Maps, posters, manuscripts, sheet music, drawings, photographs, letters, ancient texts: Thousands of items in the public domain are now offered as high-resolution downloads. No library card necessary.

Smithsonian Releases 2.8 Million Images Into Public Domain The launch of a new open access platform ushers in a new era of accessibility for the Institution Katherine J. Wu - Correspondent ...

The British Library just released over 1 million old illustrations into the public domain via Flickr, and scanned by Microsoft. The pictures date from the 17th to 19th century and include "maps ...

B.J. Novak’s example raises questions about the potential misuse of images in the social media age, when photos can be repurposed all over the internet.

Photographer Kyle Cassidy released one of his images into the public domain. Years later, someone else took credit for it. by Valentina Di Liscia January 1, 2021 January 2, 2021 ...

The Library of Congress hosts a vast library of public domain images that can be used for anything you want, including commercial use. And they occasionally curate small collections from their ...

As of this week, images of these artifacts, part of a trove of 2.8 million digital pictures and 3-D models, will be in the public domain for the first time under the Smithsonian's new Open Access ...