CREATING A FREE WALLPAPERS SITE. -- copyright issues?

[RAINBOW UNICORN]

Ahoy m'harties!

I know there's already countless thousands of such "free wallpaper" websites already existing, but I thought it'd be fun to start one myself.

I could probably find heaps of wallpapers to put on the site by searching through google and stuff like that, but are there any copyright issues that I need to be aware of?

Should I only use wallpapers that are explictly declared as "royalty-free"/stock, or whatever? Or is it sufficient enough to just use ANY wallpaper I can find?

Of course if anyone complained about an image, I'd delete it.


Thanks in advance for your insights. :D
Chloe.

[tracknut]

Yes you have plenty of copyright issues. You cannot just take a piece of someone's work and resell it or give it away. Even those listed under "royalty-free" or "stock" sites may have licensing issues you need to comply with.

Dave

[RAINBOW UNICORN]

Any idea where I can find free wallpapers that I could offer for free to download from my free wallpapers site?

I'm not in it for profit.

I think I'd be quite flattered if someone wanted to use one of MY photographs/photoshop renderings as their desktop (or mobile) wallpaper.