Copyright Summary

Using photos that are not you're own can actually be ok sometimes if you go about doing it correctly. The public domain would be the best to use for photos because you are aloud to use them free of charge, as many times as you want, and how ever you want. Freeware is different from public domain, it is subject to copyright, but it is also free of charge. Most other images you will have to get a copyright for, which will cost a minimum of $150 for any images one time use. If it is a well known image it will cost more. Violating the copyrights can have some very high consequences, ranging from ridiculous fines to possibly jail time. If you're not sure if you can use an image without violating copyright, its probably better to just not use it and save yourself the trouble.