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Offering: over 185 million photos, vector graphics, videos and music Price: Image packages depending on requirements, license and number of downloads between €29 and over €579 Panthermedia Offer: over 60 million royalty-free images, vectors and illustrations Price: A distinction is made between image packages, credits and image subscriptions, from around €38 to over €2,000 Images under Creative Commons licenses A free alternative to stock agencies are images that are subject to Creative Commons licenses. You can find these on Wikimedia Commons and often also on Flickr.


However, to be sure that you are actually allowed to edit and distribute the image you Special Data want, it is best to use Google Image Search. Tick ​​the box marked for reuse and modification. If images are subject to the “CC BY” license, this means that you can use and reproduce the work as you wish, as long as the author of the image is credited. However, CC BY is not the only license that can be found under images on Wikimedia Commons or Flickr.  BY-SA, which states that you can only use the image as you wish as long as you make it available under the same license and credit the author (from whom you obtained it). There are a total of six standard licenses that allow you to use the images under certain conditions.




You can find a great overview of the licenses in the infographic Creative Commons – What is it and does it mean? by Martin Missfeldt. If you want to use images from the internet that are not subject to one of the six CC licenses, you must obtain consent for the use from the author of the image. Attention: It is also possible for someone to place an image under a CC license even though they do not have the rights to do so. So you don't have 100% security. Images from other people's blogs and websites Before you incorporate images from blogs or other websites, you must obtain copyright consent.