Wednesday Words: Creative Commons

Finding images to use when creating graphics for social media can be challenging.  Copyright can often get in the way of a good idea - especially if you don't like being sued or getting take down notices when you've used an image someone else created or shot.

This is where creative commons can come into play and is very handy for anyone that needs to create graphics - not just for social media.  A non-profit organization, Creative Commons is dedicated to make it easier for people to share and build upon others' work while following copyright rules and regulations.

Creative Commons provides free licenses as well as other legal tools, to mark creative work with the freedom the creator wants their work to carry.  This allows others to share, remix, potentially use commercially (based on the license) or any number of these things to be used together.

There are a few other sites similar to this, including http://www.sxc.hu which has both free images that have various licensing rights as well as paid use images.

If you are looking images to use, whether it be for inspirational quotes, top 10 lists, or whatever floats your boat, check out Creative Commons and SXC.  They may have what you need.  Or you can try to take your own pictures and go from there.

Wednesday Words are a series of definitions released on Wednesday each week regarding a word found specific to Facebook's social media platform, or may be a generic word dealing with social media.  These definitions are to help provide you with a better understanding of common and uncommon terms associated with Facebook and social media.   You can find all the Wednesday Words by clicking on the Wednesday Words tag below.