: Is is okay to use press kit images with attribution in my personal blog? First up, not sure if this question is correct at WebMasters kindly redirect if it's not. I have a personal (non-commercial)

@Si4351233

General consensus is that promotional photographs are released precisely for this reason: So that people could use them on their blogs/websites/shops/marketing materials. So you are free to use the pictures as you don't profit directly from them (eg. it's not allowed to re-sell the promotional images).

Some interesting materials you might want to read:

From Wikipedia:


"Occasionally, the question is raised about the copyright status of press releases. While press releases are by nature intended to be reproduced widely, there is no inherent permission to alter them or create derivative works based on them, or to use them for commercial purposes"
Elimination of Fair Use Rationale in Promotional Photos - very long discussion, but general consensus is that promotional pictures are free to be used on websites, even these that adhere to free licences.


Microsoft:


Permissions - long story short: you may use pictures as long as you don't modify them.

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