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To re-enforce what Brian said in his other post, and to be somewhat more blunt in my response, just because you can see an image in Google Images or GettyImages does not give you a right to use them in your own publications (such as a Blurb Book). The photographers who took these photos retain the copyright and have the right to control their use, and if appropriate demand a fee for theit use. If you took a copy of such a photo and used it in your book that would be the equivalent of stealing and you would be open to being sued by the original photographer, or the copyright owner, for unauthorised use. You need to be very careful, and you need to understand the conditions that the copyright owner has laid down for the use of their photographs, before you put them into your book. There are some web sites, such as http://www.copyrightfreephotos.com/ that allow you free use of their photos, but even then you need to caregully read their terms and conditions of use. If I found someone who had, without my permission, made use of one of my photos I would not hesitate to resort to legal action. .......Tony
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