But in the digital age, with the ease of finding reusing a photo, people must ensure they are acting in line with copyright ... but some do offer public domain images or free stock photos.

the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Deutschland wrote that even if the digitised images were covered by copyright, "we believe that using those rights to prevent sharing of public domain works ...

This protection, available to both published and unpublished works (including images), lasts until the copyright expires and the work passes into the public domain. Works in the ... that an image ...

13. Skitterphoto–License-free photos, free to use under CC0. 14. Life of Pix–High-quality, public domain images with no copyright restrictions. 15. Pexels–Searchable database of CC0 images.

In 2020, however, Gershwin's jazzy classical classic fell out of the friendly skies – and landed in the public domain. Which means, when the copyright expires, anyone is free to use and build ...