<p>hm, i wonder if this is a good place to post this, lol.</p>
<p>so, lately i have been toying with the idea of starting up some sort of blogging site-maybe something focused on fashion/makeup trends. i don’t have any money to spend on this, as of yet, so i suppose i would use something like wordpress, which i have heard good things about.</p>
<p>butttt, i don’t really know how to go about advertising this/finding pictures i could freely use. [if i just use pictures off of the internet, could i possibly get in trouble/be sued? D:]</p>
<p>i figured-as parents-some of u might have experience with this from your kids, or if u do this type of thing yourselves. any advice about any of this would be greatly appreciated [including any naming ideas, lol]. :)</p>
<p>I don’t think this is the proper forum at all.
However, some advice on the question: You can not post pictures that other people have taken on your website unless they have been licensed as open source or under a Creative Commons license by the photographer and you use the photo only under the CC conditions. If you post other people’s unlicensed pictures they can submit a DMCA take down notice and you will be required to take the photos down.</p>
<p>I would suggest seeking out blogging specific communities and forums for future advice.</p>
<p>Yeah, not a good forum for this. But, that being said, there are lots of books out there and websites too that explain fair use laws for bloggers and others who work on the internet. A lot of it has to do with whether or not you are monetizing off of something that belongs to someone else. For example, if you’re earning ad revenue or other revenue from your site, and primarily doing so by posting photos that don’t belong to you. </p>
<p>The best thing is to learn the laws but then make your own photos. Why don’t you just use a digital camera and recreate trends at home to post to your website. Probably more fun for the viewer too. And you don’t neccessarily need money to start a blog. Just a Blogger or similar free blog account and you’re in business.</p>
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<li>Google Blogger is free.</li>
<li>You probably won’t be sued for using others’ pictures but you may get a nasty note with a cease and desist demand.</li>
<li>It’s unlikely you’ll get the note until you have meaningful daily traffic to your page, (500+ hits per day).</li>
<li>It takes a time and effort to get to 500+ hits a day.</li>
<li>This is the wrong forum for this question.</li>
<li>Good luck.</li>
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