Photographs can be downloaded from the Internet for use by the
public which are free of charge. Perhaps the most well known source
for this is Google "Images" which leads you to a variety
of other websites where you can download photographs for free. This
is very helpful for businesses who might want to put images on
marketing and promotional literature, or use images on their
corporate website.
However, beware not all photographs are free to download.
Certainly just because an image appears on the Internet,
doesn't mean it can be used by anyone. All photographs are
governed by the intellectual property right of copyright under the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. The copyright in the
photograph is owned by the author of that photograph i.e the
photographer (unless the photographer is an employee, in which case
it will be owned by the employer or if the copyright has been
assigned to a third party.) The owner of the copyright has the
right to restrict others
