As a matter of fact, a lot of bloggers and website owners have been involved in litigation because they have used photos which they were never given the legal right to use, therefore, they were not compliant with copyright restrictions. You need to understand one thing – until the creator of the photo gives you the right to use their original work, your use of that photo places your website, your blog, and your project at risk for serious financial consequences. You need to be really careful when using photos from the web.

Just think about it – would you be fine with someone stealing your creativity and your work? You probably be upset or furious about it. For professional photographers, their motivation is the photos they create. Even though these photos usually become unauthorized, however, they are used in many articles, blog posts, presentations, and etc. Because of this, these photographers will do just anything to protect their work and interests, including suing the website and its owner for using their photos without a written consent.