Copyright Information
If you want to use an image you find for applications that go beyond fair use you need to validate the image copyright.
Our providers expose content with different copyrights. We are an image search app and we search either the whole web or specific websites with a site restriction. Therefore we generally recommend to navigate to the website where we found the image to properly assess its usage restrictions. Below a quick summary as well as links to the provider specific copyright information in the title.
Bing and Google
To use images beyond fair use you need to validate the image license at the source site.
You can set a usage rights filter for a search to get candidates that most likely have the usage rights you are looking for.
On usage right filtered results we show the expected copyright below the image.
Pinterest strongly discourages posting of copyright restricted material to their service.
However, you still need to navigate to Pinterest and even better to the source site of the pin to assess copyright.
Flickr
Flickr users can set specific usage rights for their images. We show those usage rights, but still recommend validating them at the Flickr location of the image.
You can set a usage rights filter for a search to get candidates that most likely have the usage rights you are looking for.
Features Supporting Copyright
We want to make it as easy as possible for you to follow copyright and use images responsibly.
First-time Notice
The first time you are trying to save or use an image we show this explanatory dialog to help you understand copyright.
Image Copyright
We show a copyright notice below the image. You can tap it to get more information about the potential license, a link to the source website for the image as well as a link to license information.
Usage Rights Filter
In our filter dialog we provide an option to filter for specific usage rights.
