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* Notes
** example of free photo used
- there is a very popular beach photo that a number of sellers use
- on redbubble it is a popular wall print

** types of sites
*** pixabay
- huge online stock library of
  - photos
  - art
  - video
  - sound

- all of these were uploaded by original artist

**** searching
- at upper  bar there is a dropdown to choose what type of asset you want to look for

**** licenses
- there are different licenses for different images
  - some can have prohibited uses, e.g. you must edit it

- before Jan 9, 2019 all the images were Public Domain
  - Pixabay was purchased by Canva
  - everything in pixabay is avail on canva

*** pexels
- focuses on photos and videos
- photos have a royalty free license

- loose license
  - you have to modify them
  - don't need to attribute

*** free-images
- websites like pexels and pixabay changed their standard license
- this allows you to search based on license

*** rawpixel
- has a huge catalog
  - public domain (CC0 license)
  - free (not CC0)
  - paid

- a lot are historical pictures

*** canva
- you can use images from pixabay by lookint at the history of images in canva
  - click on the ℹ

** problems
- some sites won't allow you to use a public image
  - redbubble requires you to change it up a lot
* Tutorial Notes

Please read first: I am not a lawyer. I have no legal training. I cannot give legal advice. This video is not a replacement for a lawyer. This is information I am giving from my personal perspective and experience. Some important links for this video are:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
https://pixabay.com
https://pexels.com
https://free-images.com
https://www.rawpixel.com/category/53/public-domain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixabay
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pexels


* Review

** Summary
This lesson explains how to find free photos, clip art, illustrations, and public domain images for print-on-demand products.

** Core Idea
Free images can be useful for POD, but the license matters.

Do not treat “free to use” as the same thing as “safe to sell unchanged.”

** Main Sources
- Pixabay
- Pexels
- Free-images.com
- Rawpixel
- Canva image library

** Important License Distinction

*** Public Domain / CC0
Usually the safest and broadest category.

Generally allows:
- commercial use
- modification
- redistribution
- use without attribution

*** Platform Licenses
Pixabay, Pexels, and Rawpixel also have their own licenses.

These often allow commercial use, but may restrict:
- selling the image unchanged
- using it as standalone merchandise
- redistribution without meaningful modification

** Pixabay Notes
Pixabay images uploaded before January 9, 2019 were under CC0/public-domain-style licensing.

Images uploaded after that generally fall under the Pixabay license, which is more restrictive and vague about how much editing is required.

** Pexels Notes
Pexels also had older CC0 images, but newer uploads use the Pexels license.

The exact upload date matters.

** Free-images.com
Useful because it helps locate images that were originally marked public domain / CC0.

This is helpful when you want safer images with fewer licensing concerns.

** Rawpixel Notes
Rawpixel has separate sections:
- public domain
- free

Do not confuse them.

The public domain section is much safer for direct POD use.
The free section may require considerable artistic modification.

** Canva Notes
Canva includes images from sources like:
- Pexels
- Pixabay
- Getty Images

Use the information tab to check where an image came from. If needed, search for the original upload to check its license/date.

** Warnings
- Always read the license yourself.
- Free does not always mean public domain.
- Commercial use does not always mean you can sell the image unchanged.
- Platform rules may be stricter than copyright law.
- Redbubble may reject public domain images if they are not transformed enough.
- Etsy appears more tolerant, but you should still check current rules.
- This is not legal advice.

** Image Source Checklist [0/6]
- [ ] Identify original source
- [ ] Check license type
- [ ] Check upload date if relevant
- [ ] Confirm commercial use is allowed
- [ ] Confirm whether modification is required
- [ ] Save/source the license evidence

** Public Domain Safety Checklist [0/5]
- [ ] Image is marked CC0/public domain
- [ ] Source page confirms license
- [ ] No trademark/copyright issue visible
- [ ] No misleading endorsement implied
- [ ] Platform allows this use

** POD Use Checklist [0/5]
- [ ] Image is high enough quality
- [ ] Image fits product format
- [ ] Image is modified if license requires it
- [ ] Final design is distinct enough for platform rules
- [ ] Test product mockup before publishing

** Key Insight
There are two separate questions:

1. Am I legally allowed to use this?
2. Will this platform allow me to sell it?

Both must be yes.

** My Take
The safest workflow is:

1. Prefer CC0/public domain sources
2. Keep proof of source/license
3. Modify the image creatively anyway
4. Check marketplace rules before uploading

** Bottom Line
Free images can be valuable, but license discipline matters.

Use them carefully, track your sources, and avoid assuming that every “free” image can be sold unchanged.


* Transcript
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Hey, everyone. So in this video, I'm just gonna take

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you through

00:04
how I personally find free pictures as in free clip

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art, free art, and free photos

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which I use for print on demand products that I

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create. And it's actually a really common thing.

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So,

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while definitely there are lots of very talented

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print on demand,

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stores who

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do create their own photos. They take their own photos

00:27
and they make their own art.

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A lot of,

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people,

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use free photos and free pictures that they find online

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and turn them into products as well.

00:38
And I wanted to give you an example of this.

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So 1 of the most common ones that you will

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see

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is,

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in here, there is a very popular beach photo, which

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is

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a, print on which is a public domain photo here.

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So this photo here,

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if we come

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back, we'll

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see here that that's so that's 1 seller who's using

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that,

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and there's another seller here who's using it.

01:06
And if you come on over to Redbubble, it's actually

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1 of the most popular,

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wall prints on there. So this is a free picture

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which you can find on Pixabay.

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And so this is how

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most of us in the print on demand world, this

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is how

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we get a lot of

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pictures,

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photos, clip art. We find free pictures on websites like

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Pixabay.

01:32
So I'm gonna be taking you through some of the

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ones that I personally use.

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And,

01:37
Pixabay,

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it's

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very, very interesting.

01:42
So this here is Pixabay. If you've never heard of

01:45
Pixabay before, it is a huge online

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stock library

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of royalty free photos,

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pictures. There's also videos and music and sound effects on

01:56
here as well that you can use which could be

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really great for advertising purposes. But when it comes to

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creating products, you're probably gonna be most interested obviously

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in the photos

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and the pictures.

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And all of these

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are pictures which have been uploaded by the original artist.

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And so the artist has chosen to upload their,

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their art

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and, they have uploaded it for the greater good.

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So this is not stolen content.

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This is pictures

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by the artist and the way it works is really

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simple. Let's say we came here and, you know, we

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searched for,

02:31
surfing.

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If we don't clarify exactly what we want, it's going

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to,

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show it to us. It's gonna, you know, look through

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all of its, you know, different pictures to do with

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surfing.

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And it shows in here photos because they're probably the

02:46
most popular. But we can come and we

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can specifically choose. So,

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we can come

02:53
and we can choose. So we can come here and

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we can be like, you know, for example, illustration.

02:58
Sorry.

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I opened up the

03:01
the Vietnamese version of Pixabay and now it's

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set to Vietnamese.

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So,

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my IP addresses. So you can see here now we've

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got different vectors.

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And, you know, you could use this here, for example,

03:14
in a t shirt design. And,

03:17
yeah. So it's a really amazing website to find

03:21
a ton of free content.

03:23
However, the thing you have to understand when you're coming

03:26
here is that,

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they

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there are different licenses for different images and it's not

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well

03:34
explained.

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So if we come here, for example, to, you know,

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this this photo here,

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it says that, you know, it it it says to

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us it's free to use. Great. And it's got a

03:48
link to a content license. Well, if we come and,

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oh, sorry. Let's open up that content license.

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If we open up the content license, you know, it

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says so we can use the content for free. We

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don't have to attribute the author, which is true. So

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we don't have to attribute to the artist and that

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we can modify and adapt it into

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new works.

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But then it has a bunch of prohibited uses. Now

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these prohibited uses do not stop you from using this.

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They're just a little bit

04:15
vague. So, you know, they say that you can't sell

04:18
or distribute the photo as it is without editing it,

04:20
which makes sense.

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But they don't really explain exactly what would count as

04:26
editing it. So whenever you use an image which has

04:29
this license,

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you probably do want to edit it substantially.

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And because I'm not a lawyer,

04:35
I can't tell you how much you you have to

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change and modify

04:38
the image for it to count.

04:42
But,

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yeah.

04:44
This the,

04:46
people use this use these images all the time. And

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a big part of why they use these images is

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because

04:52
if you come here to, Pixabay's Wikipedia page, it explains

04:55
it even better than I can. Pixabay was actually purchased

04:59
by Canva.

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So the images that you find on the Pixabay website

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are included within Canva usually if you have a Canva

05:08
account, which is very helpful so that you don't have

05:10
to go and download them from Pixabay and then re

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upload them into Canva

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if you are using that app.

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However, something that's important to note is that,

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this

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license

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here, this did not always exist on Pixabay.

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So Pixabay,

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back,

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before,

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the ninth of January 2019,

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all of the images on Pixabay

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had a CC 0 license which is effectively a public

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domain license.

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And a public domain license

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is,

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very, very broad and it lets you use

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images legally

05:50
without making any modifications

05:53
to them. There are some legal restrictions. So for example,

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you can't

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like, there are restrictions around,

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like, for example,

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like implying that the subjects

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in the photo might agree

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or be,

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they might agree with like, you know, like your your

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product or your message or things like that. So there

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are some legal limits of that but they're very, very

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minor. So generally, with a public domain license,

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you can just resell images as is legally.

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So that's why even though when you come to Canva,

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it tells you it will it will post a content

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license

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on every single page.

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However,

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anything that was,

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uploaded

06:39
prior to ninth of January 2019

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on Pixabay

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has a public domain license

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which again is extremely unrestrictive and that can't be changed.

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You cannot legally change a public domain license once it's

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occurred. Once you've placed it in the public domain, it's

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there forever.

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So, you know, as the terms of CC0 explicitly

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indicate,

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that the surrender into the public domain,

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you know, it cannot be changed. Once it's in there,

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it's in there forever.

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So you're going to see why that's important shortly in

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this video. So that's why when you're using Pixabay to

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find free pictures,

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you want to come and you want to check out

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the details. So you want to see when it was

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uploaded.

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So for example,

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this 1 here, it was uploaded

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in April 22,

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20 19.

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So this means then that it was uploaded

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after January ninth 2019.

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So this does not have a public domain license. This

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has this license.

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So keep that in mind that this license states that

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you do have to,

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you can't sell this photo as is.

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Whereas,

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I'm just gonna quickly show you something.

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This is here what I wanted to show you. So

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this picture here, the 1 that, you know, all of

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the people on,

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Etsy are using, if we come and we check out

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the details of it, you will see that it was

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uploaded August 17 2017,

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which means then,

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obviously,

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it was uploaded with a public domain license or effectively

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a public domain license because it has a c c

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0 license and that can't be changed. That's why this

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picture is so popular, not only because it's a great

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picture

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but because of the fact that it has such an

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unrestrictive

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license.

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So it's up to you when you're using Pixabay.

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You can choose to use all of the images

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in there because they are allowed to be used for

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commercial purposes.

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When you do, keep in mind that if you're going

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to be using

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images that were uploaded

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after January ninth 2019,

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they do have the Pixabay license and that license is

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vague.

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And so if you don't want to have to worry

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about the vague license

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and if you're not sure if your edits are going

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to be,

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substantial

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enough

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to an image,

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then you can just focus on finding images that have

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the public domain license. And there is an easy way

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to do that which I will explain shortly. But there's

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another website I wanna talk about too which you can

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find free images and it is very similar to Pixabay.

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So this is the website I wanted to show you,

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Pexels. It's very similar to Pixabay. Pixabay has a lot

09:30
of different types of pictures so it's the 1 that

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I tend to go to out of the 2, because

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it's got both photos and it's got

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clip

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art and vectors.

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But Pexels just focuses on photos and

09:45
videos. So you can come here, you can find photos

09:47
and videos.

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But just like Pixabay,

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the photos on here have a royalty free license. And

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so, you know, it's very similar. You come here, you

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just type in, you're surfing,

09:58
and now you've got a bunch

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of photos. And a lot of the photos you find

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on Pexels,

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are,

10:05
like stunning. Like, there are very very

10:08
stunning photos on here and

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they are free.

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And

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their license

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is extremely similar to Pixabay.

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You are allowed to use them for free even for

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commercial purposes. You don't have to attribute

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the artist

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and, you know, you're welcome to modify them. And you

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do have to modify them if you want to sell

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them. You cannot sell unaltered copies.

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You have to modify it first.

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Again, they do not give you a big explanation as

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to what that means so it is vague. And so

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I understand that a lot of people will be iffy

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about using them for commercial purposes because they don't give

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a vague because they give a vague answer as to

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what counts.

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However, just like with Pixabay,

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some of these images were uploaded with a CC 0

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license. In fact, a lot were. I don't know the

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exact date unfortunately,

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but

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there was

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prior

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to

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it's it was sometime I believe in 2019

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or maybe even late 2018.

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It used to be that just like with Pixabay, initially

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the images were uploaded with a CC 0 license.

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So now, of course, any images that are uploaded

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since the change, since when they added in their own

11:25
content license, which again I think was either like late

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2018,

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maybe 2019,

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images from that point onwards

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do now have the Pixels license. But the images that

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were initially uploaded with the CC 0 license, that license

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is there forever. And even though every single image you

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find on here, it's just like with Pixabay where they

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place

11:47
that content license that, you know, that they will have

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on their I can't find it on here, but they'll

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probably have a link to

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the,

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they'll have a link to the content license probably on

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every single page, even images which don't have,

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even which images which do have a CC 0 license,

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they won't state that.

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But,

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the the images that were uploaded with that have it

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and they have it for life. And you can see

12:14
that there's a button, edit in Canva. That's because Pexels

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was also purchased by Canva. So it's very handy

12:20
that,

12:22
generally, anything that's on Pexels, you'll usually find already within

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Canva.

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So very, very convenient.

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But of course, what's not convenient is, you know, trying

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to know which images are in the public domain if

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that's what you want to stick to. If you just

12:38
wanna stick to the images with a CC 0 license,

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that information is not easily done. You can't just come

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here and search for those

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which is why

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we wanna use my favorite website next.

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Okay. So we have come to free dash images dot

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com And this is an incredible resource.

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So this was created, I believe, in response to the

13:03
fact that websites like Pixabay and Pexels

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changed their licenses

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but did not place on their website

13:12
information on how to find

13:14
the images which were uploaded with the CC 0 license

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and now legally have that license for

13:20
life. So this was created and it allows you to

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search for photos online that have that license and it

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is really really helpful. So you come here and you

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choose what type of image that you want. So

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like if we come to stock images, it's gonna be

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things like

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photos.

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So you can see photos.

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If we come

13:47
and do a search

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for,

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fine art I'm not sure if we're gonna get anything

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because a lot of the fine art is historical fine

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art and I don't know when surfing was created. So

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it doesn't have any fine art. Oh, shoot. There we

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go. So you know you see it's found some historical

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artwork there.

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Yeah. And this wooded flowers.

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There we go. So this is more what you expect

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to find with fine art.

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And if we come and, you know, we do a

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search for

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illustrations,

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now we've got, you know, like clip art style things

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and also just, you know, like paintings.

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So, you can find so many free images on here.

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And

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the really great thing is that it tells you

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where it was sourced from.

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So

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you come here for example.

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So

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this is actually from Pixabay.

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This This image was acquired from Pixabay. It was marked

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as public domain or c c 0 and is free

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to use. To verify, go to the source and check

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the information there.

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What do they do? They provide a link

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to where you can go and

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check it out

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on Pixabay

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which is fantastic. So you can go and,

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you know, check to see,

15:06
when it was uploaded if you want to double check,

15:08
which is always a really good idea to do. Because

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once again, we're here on Pixabay and it's got the

15:14
content license linked on this page,

15:17
very deceptive.

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But if we come to details,

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you will see it was uploaded May seventeenth

15:23
2016.

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So it was uploaded with a CC 0 license

15:28
and that legally cannot be changed, which is why free

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images dot com

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has, created this resource for us so that we can

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easily go find them. So you could go and this

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image is probably within Canva if you would like to

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use it.

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Or if, you know, if you're not using Canva and

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you wanna find images,

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outside of it or if you want to very easy

15:51
or if you would rather download images

15:53
with a CC 0 license so that you know for

15:56
certain, you might find it on here and then re

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upload it. You can you don't have to go to

16:00
Pixabay and download this if you don't want to. You

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can just download it from here.

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So,

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this is an absolutely amazing resource

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and the majority of images on free dash images dot

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com come from,

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Pixabay and Pexels. So that's why even though I can't

16:19
think off the top of my head the exact date

16:21
that Pexels changed over their license, the wonderful thing is

16:25
that we have this website here

16:27
which,

16:29
has already done the information for us and has sorted

16:32
through them.

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So it is fantastic.

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But there is

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another website which is also very helpful to know about.

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And that website is this 1 here, Rawpixel.

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So Rawpixel

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has a huge directory of different images that you can

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use online and they all come in a range of

16:54
different licenses.

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So,

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they have a public domain section and they have a

17:00
free section

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on the website. A lot of people mix these up.

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I once showcased Rawpixel in a wholesale TED video.

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People came. They came to the free images. They downloaded

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them. They got into a lot of trouble.

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They didn't realize that the public domain section is separate

17:16
from the free section.

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So

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the public domain stuff has a c c 0 license

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and the c c 0 license allows you to just

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literally redistribute

17:27
the exact same picture for commercial purposes.

17:30
Yeah. It's pretty

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it's pretty open with what you can do with it.

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So,

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with this 1 here, a lot of the pictures they

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have

17:43
are,

17:44
are historical pictures.

17:46
And the interesting thing is that there are there's a

17:48
there was a legal ruling in the USA

17:50
that,

17:52
even if because like a lot of these images are

17:54
heavily edited images of the original artwork pieces to restore

17:58
them. So they had to edit the original photos that

18:01
they took of these pieces or the scans.

18:04
And so it used to be that perhaps that was

18:06
considered to be creative

18:08
work. So you couldn't just take somebody's

18:10
enhanced version because they had to put artistic

18:13
effort, a lot of artistic

18:16
into enhancing that. However, it was deemed that that was

18:19
not considered to be,

18:22
different enough from the original. And so even if you

18:25
enhance an older piece of art, that still has a

18:28
public domain license as per the ruling in the USA.

18:32
So these images here, they have released under the public

18:35
domain license like they legally have to,

18:38
even though they are enhanced versions of it. So if

18:40
you would like to get

18:42
historical artwork

18:44
because

18:45
this this stuff here, this can be used for all

18:48
sorts of different things. Look at this. These are beautiful

18:51
backgrounds.

18:52
You don't

18:54
have to be

18:55
selling something aimed at a historical,

18:59
context, like, you know, aimed at people that enjoy historical

19:01
artwork to find a use for a beautiful background like

19:05
this.

19:05
This is timeless. So you can download public domain images

19:09
from here. They also do have a big collection of

19:13
public domain,

19:15
photos as well.

19:17
A lot of them are from,

19:21
NASA actually

19:23
because NASA released their images in the public domain. So

19:26
they took a lot of their images and they enhanced

19:29
them.

19:30
So,

19:31
a lot of people who sell Hubble images

19:34
will get their images

19:36
from RawPixel

19:37
because they are beautifully

19:39
enhanced and they are in the public domain. And if

19:42
you go to Etsy, you will find people selling photos

19:45
from NASA.

19:46
If you want to use their free images,

19:49
I would again recommend that you look over the license

19:52
because,

19:53
the license

19:55
is restrictive.

19:56
So,

19:57
this one's in the public domain, so this one's not.

19:59
But this 1 here I had been looking at and

20:01
it has the free license. So for example so if

20:04
if you come and if you view the license,

20:07
again, is very vague.

20:09
I really wish they were not so vague.

20:11
Commercial use license.

20:13
You obviously cannot distribute it as is. That's very standard.

20:17
You can't use raw pixel content for prints or other

20:20
merchandise

20:21
without adding considerable artistic value.

20:24
What does that mean?

20:26
It's very, very vague.

20:28
But there are a lot of incredible free images.

20:32
So,

20:33
again, your mileage may vary. If you want to use

20:36
1 of their free images

20:39
in a design,

20:41
the license and, again, you need to read over the

20:43
license for yourself, but the license does allow you

20:47
to,

20:48
use them in commercial,

20:50
products.

20:52
But it has restrictions. Whereas the public domain license,

20:55
very few restrictions.

20:57
You know, they've got the public domain

21:00
license

21:03
here. So,

21:04
yes.

21:06
You've got 2 different types here on RawPixel,

21:09
but it can be a fantastic resource

21:12
as

21:13
well. And I also want to show you something else

21:16
that I think you'll find very helpful to,

21:19
know to.

21:21
And that is this. So if you are going to

21:24
be using Canva

21:25
and

21:27
you're not going to be sourcing your photos

21:29
from outside of,

21:32
like in from Pixabay and uploading them and you instead

21:34
want to just use the images that have been directly

21:37
from uploaded from Pixabay into

21:41
into Canva itself,

21:42
you can find out the history of that image, which

21:45
is, you know, good to know. So let's say I

21:47
came and did a search for New Zealand

21:49
and I came to photos

21:52
and then let's come and say that I found this

21:54
1 here. Well, what we can do is we can

21:56
come to the information

21:58
tab

21:58
and we can find more information about where it was

22:01
where it came from. So this 1 here, it came

22:04
from Getty Images,

22:06
and Canva has purchased a license for it. Whereas this

22:08
1 here and so this is a pro image.

22:11
Whereas this 1 here, we can come we can check

22:13
out the information from it. This 1 is from Pexels.

22:16
So this is why this 1 has a free license

22:19
because this was already

22:21
a,

22:23
a free image.

22:24
And,

22:25
whereas,

22:26
this 1 here, Canva,

22:29
has a deal with Getty Images to be able to

22:32
use that. And, if you want to find out more

22:36
information about this, you can use this to find,

22:40
to generally find

22:41
the original upload to Pexels. So if you wanna find

22:45
out, for example, what date this was uploaded,

22:49
you could, look for,

22:51
this photographer

22:53
within pixels. You could go do a Google search for

22:56
this photographer

22:57
to then get access to their profile.

23:00
And I'll actually do that, right now as an example.

23:04
So I'm back and I went and I did a

23:06
search for him. So put in the name, put in

23:09
pixels, and

23:11
there is,

23:13
the

23:14
photographer.

23:15
So now you could go through and you could find,

23:20
that image, and then you could check out the date.

23:23
So there were there are 300

23:26
images in here. We're looking for this 1. I'll quickly,

23:30
briefly just check around to see if I can quickly

23:32
find it, but I won't make everybody go through with

23:35
me

23:36
while I do a search.

23:38
But, like, let's take for example this 1 here. This

23:40
is also, by the looks of it, in New Zealand.

23:45
Information.

23:46
This was uploaded October fourth 20 22. So,

23:52
we can know that this image here does does not

23:56
have a CC 0 license. This has

23:59
Pexels license.

24:01
But that's what's really nice. We can take the information

24:05
that we find within Canva, and then if you do

24:07
find the original photo,

24:10
you can then check out,

24:12
the

24:14
what date it was uploaded.

24:16
So let's see.

24:18
Oh, hold on.

24:20
This 1 here, more information.

24:23
This 1 here was uploaded March fifth

24:26
20 22. So even though it was taken in 2014,

24:30
what matters is the date that it was uploaded in

24:32
and it was uploaded,

24:34
March fifth 20 22. So this picture here has a,

24:39
has the standard Pexels license, but there it is. Right

24:42
there, we found it. It wasn't hard to find at

24:44
all.

24:45
So that is very helpful.

24:47
But,

24:49
there is something that I want to talk about.

24:52
So the first thing I want to talk about is

24:54
this. Before

24:56
you use any images that you find online,

24:59
be sure to read

25:01
what the restriction what the license for it is and

25:04
then any restrictions that go along with it. Do not

25:06
take

25:07
anything I say as legal advice because I am not

25:11
a lawyer.

25:12
I cannot give legal advice.

25:14
I am not a copyright lawyer. I can only speak

25:17
from my own personal experience.

25:20
So you know, everything I tell you about the public

25:22
domain, be sure to read it. Be sure to read

25:24
it and find out if there's any restrictions on there

25:27
that I did not mention.

25:29
And,

25:31
make sure to read over anything yourself,

25:34
because I'm not a lawyer and I cannot give legal

25:36
advice. The second thing is that keep in mind, even

25:40
if you are legally

25:41
allowed to sell an image as is without modifying it,

25:45
it doesn't mean that the website that you wanna upload

25:47
it to is going to allow that. Case in point,

25:50
red bubble. So as we've established,

25:52
this

25:53
is a public domain image. We all have the right

25:56
to come in and use this. You could upload this

25:59
image today legally if you want. But Redbubble

26:03
have historically been very inconsistent about whether or not they

26:06
have allowed it. They do talk about public domain pictures

26:09
within the FAQ and they have clarified that you can

26:12
use public domain images. However, they have also stated that

26:15
they now would like them to

26:18
be used for new creative

26:20
pieces.

26:21
Again, they're very vague about how you can use them.

26:26
So unless you are substantially transforming them, these days, if

26:29
you just upload

26:31
a public domain picture like this and modify the colors,

26:34
I think that you are going to have very inconsistent

26:37
results about whether Redbubble is okay with that or not.

26:41
And I haven't been able to get clarification necessarily on

26:44
why sometimes they are okay with it and sometimes they're

26:47
not. My guess is that if the picture has not

26:49
been uploaded previously

26:50
that they're

26:52
much more welcome to it. But if they don't want

26:54
to have 100 people, for example, just uploading this picture,

26:58
you know. Even if they legally can, Redbubble can say,

27:00
we don't wanna be flooded with this exact same picture.

27:04
And so they can make that choice. Just because you

27:06
can legally

27:07
doesn't mean that a website is going to allow it.

27:09
Be sure to read the terms and conditions.

27:12
Whereas on Etsy,

27:14
as I said to you, it's much more free game

27:18
on here. I have not read anything personally in Etsy's

27:21
terms of service

27:23
that has said that you can't use them

27:25
and people use them all of the time. So that

27:28
picture here, it's from this seller here.

27:31
This seller here is using it. If we were to

27:34
scroll down long enough, we'd find another person who's using

27:38
it.

27:40
This is not the same picture but it's from the

27:43
same photographer.

27:44
This person here is using that picture. So

27:48
I said to you, if we could just if we

27:49
keep scrolling and scrolling, we'd find more people who are

27:52
using this picture. So, you know,

27:55
with Etsy,

27:57
they have historically been absolutely welcome for using it.

28:02
But,

28:03
yeah. Make sure you check with every single website you

28:06
want to upload it to

28:08
before you do that so that you don't get into

28:10
any trouble. Peace. These are my favorite websites and I

28:14
hope that they can help you.
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