Copyright
Copyright
Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - 15:32
If I want to use certain images for my project, that are taken off the Internet, I edit them and then I say, that all copyright rights are from their authors, that these images have been edited and that if they want me to remove them they can contact me, would this be copyright infringement?
TL;DR: Yes.
Unless the images were taken from very specific locations on the internet, like from OGA where the content is specifically licensed to be reused, reusing those images without permission is violating a copyright of some kind. Even when you change the image, or "make it your own" it is likely infringing on a copyright, even if the copyright is implicit. Giving the author credit does not protect you if they never gave permission for it's use in the first place.
Always make sure you know the license of an image (or have explicit permission from the image owner) and what you need to do to comply with that license.
Images here on OGA always indicate what licenses the images may be used under. Scraping Google image search is a great way to get lawyers angry at you.
If you have any questions about licensing or even other hypothetical scenarios, I'd love to help if I can. :)
--Medicine Storm