How to Legally Add Copyrighted Pictures to Squidoo Lenses
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Adding High Quality Images to Websites is Easy and Free!
Learn how to legally use famous, copyrighted pictures and art on websites and Squidoo Lenses! No more worries about searching for royalty free photos to make your lenses look top notch. Whether you're looking for nature photos, celebrities, movie stars, super models, athletes, musicians, cartoon characters, automobiles, or fine art, you'll find it all right here!
If you want to add lots of high quality pictures to your websites, MySpace profile, blogs, eBay auctions, Squidoo lenses, Gaia, Facebook, TypePad, Friendster, Blogger, etc., I have found some quick and easy ways to do it for FREE.
You can also earn money by enhancing the content of your website with FREE images. You do not need a lot of HTML code knowledge. You will be provided with a complete HTML code that you can simply copy and paste.
Usable, Famous, Copyrighted Pictures & Art
Learn how to legally use famous, copyrighted pictures & art images on your websites and Squidoo lenses.
This is THE BEST OPTION for Adding PHOTOS:
Plus you get paid for improving your site with poster/print images!
Hey Webmasters! - Add hundreds of thousands of images to your site - Free!Join the AllPosters.com Affiliates Program and get access to hundred of thousands of images for your site. AllPosters.com has images from popular movies, music groups, sports teams, fine art, and much more. Adding these images to your site will enhance your content.
Furthermore, you get paid for improving your site with poster/print images! All of the images you use will link to AllPosters.com where your site visitors can make purchases. When they buy something, AllPosters.com pays you 25% - 30% of the sale. If the visitor decides to purchase within 10 days of their last visit from your website, you'll still earn commission on the sale! It's easy to sign-up, build links, and track your sales.
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Example Of How To Use Posters In a Lens
This lens needed photographs to tell the story but I didn't want to get involved in the copyright controversy.
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The Cottingley Fairy Photographs
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The story of two young girls and the photographs that created controversy, hope and curiosity for over 63 years. Elsie Wright was 16 and her cousin, Frances Griffiths, was 10 in 1917 when the first two photographs of the famous Cottingley Fairies we...
Try The New Caption Contest Module
Posters work great in the the new Caption Contest module too!
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The Caption Contest module
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To celebrate our new caption contest module, I'm posting 3 examples of it below. (Along with a chance for you to take a few fun potshots at me. Good-natured, I hope :). If you want to use the caption contest module on your own lens, it's really simp...
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Girls Are Weird!
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Whether they're talking to their imaginary friends, wearing an outrageous dress-up outfit with mom's high heels, or making up secret mud pie recipes, girls just wanna' have fun, but sometimes they can be silly and kinda weird too! I know my own daug...
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Life-Size Stand Up Posters
The life-size stand up posters are some of my personal best sellers!
More Resources for FREE Photos & Images
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FREE Creative Commons Photo's Anyone can use
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Creative Commons Pictures- Understanding which pictures are OK to use from the Internet and which ones aren't is a dilemma many people have. There are several ways to get a legal picture to use, but first you have to understand which copyright licen...
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Free Images and How to Use Them
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This is a listing free image resources to use on your lens or website. Also, it includes several detailed How-To sections on how to add the necessary HTML to control and enhance the images in your pages (or lenses). Examples included. If you do fi...
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Using Creative Commons Images from Flickr
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Creative Commons is a system that photographers can use to license photos for use by others. Flickr helps facilitate this sharing process by making it easy to find and use photos that Flickr users have licensed under Creative Commons. This is great n...
Squidooo lensmaster hlkljgk has generously offered this set of her awesome photos on Flickr creative commons. This work by Heather Katsoulis is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Learn More About Copyright
Just because you find a photo or image on the internet does not give you the right to use it on Squidoo lenses or anywhere else!!
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Copyright Infringement
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Know Your Copyrights If you've had your work stolen, copied or 'borrowed' there are usually steps that can be taken to protect your work, although some legal avenues can be expensive. However, your work illegally posted by someo...

Share Your Favorite Source for FREE Images
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Adding Your Own Pictures

Squidoo Modules To Add Your Own Photos
This is a list of my favorite modules for adding my own pictures to Squidoo lenses without using any HTML codes.
- Text with BIG Picture module
- Text module
- Photo Gallery module

Free Photo Hosting Sites
Upload your photos to these websites and you will be given a HTML code that you can use to add your photos to your websites or Squidoo lenses.
- Welcome to Flickr - Photo Sharing
- Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone.
- Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket
- Photobucket offers image hosting, free photo sharing and video sharing. Upload your photos, host your videos, and share them with friends and family.

HTML Code To Add An Image Using A Photo Host:
<img src="INSERT IMAGE URL HERE">

HTML Code To Add A Clickable Image That Links To A Website:
<a href="INSERT WEBSITE URL HERE"><img src="INSERT IMAGE URL HERE"></a>

HTML Code To Make A Link:
<a href="INSERT URL HERE">INSERT NAME OF LINK HERE</a>

HTML Code To Center Your Photos & Images:
<p align="center"></p>

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HTML for Photos: A Tutorial for the Semi-Clueless
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Add Borders to Your Lens Photos on Squidoo
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Would you like to jazz up the photos on your lenses? You can use borders on your images to give them much more impact and to help them "pop." You just need to use a little bit of simple HTML magic. I have included easy instructions for a variety of...
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How to Upload Images on Squidoo
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Need help getting graphics onto Squidoo? Look no further! This easy Uploading Images Tutorial will help you dress up your Squidoo lenses. SHORTCUTS! Jump to... Squidoo Modules for Displaying Pictures Squidoo Photo Gallery Mo...

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Photos and Images For More Traffic
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- dagsmith dagsmith Nov 2, 2009 @ 9:11 pm
- Great lens - 5 stars and a blessing! Great training material for lensmasters to learn how to use images legally!
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- stargazer00 stargazer00 Oct 29, 2009 @ 1:10 pm
- Allposters is a wonderful way to get great art onto your lenses. Blessed!
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- LouieGee LouieGee Sep 3, 2009 @ 7:26 pm
- Amazing Lens!!!!! I've been really struggling to find Creative Commons images for some of my lenses, so this has been a godsend! Thank you!!!!!! :-)
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- Laddoo Laddoo Aug 4, 2009 @ 1:43 am
- Wonderful Lens. Just what I was looking for. 5* and a fave!
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- sara08852 sara08852 Jun 27, 2009 @ 7:41 am
- Thanks for sharing. Off to check it out.
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- Frazen Frazen Jun 27, 2009 @ 4:12 am
- 1 word: Awesome.
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- jseven jseven Jun 24, 2009 @ 4:42 pm
- Thanks for the info on the affiliate program from Allposters.com, I just started Squidoo after our eHow graduation honors was posted here. Does anyone use google images here?
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- Swisstoons Swisstoons Jun 20, 2009 @ 8:43 pm
- Thank you for this great lens. It's exactly what I need.
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- 24websurf 24websurf Jun 17, 2009 @ 3:36 pm
- Wow! Great info! Thank you for sharing.
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- Suzie-Shine Suzie-Shine Jun 17, 2009 @ 3:29 pm
- Thank you so much for all of the information (and for your helpful comment on the forum). Favorited for future reference.
Suzie
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- ajgodinho ajgodinho Jun 16, 2009 @ 12:13 am
- Excellent ideas and tips...thanks!
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- mysticmama mysticmama Jun 15, 2009 @ 7:53 pm
- Wonerfully helpful lens :-)
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- LizMac60 LizMac60 Jun 12, 2009 @ 3:15 am
- Thanks for this. Will look at in in detail later. So far I've used my own photos but you can't do that forever.
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- Beas Beas May 20, 2009 @ 11:02 am
- I really like your nifty idea of adding Allposters pictures and having the chance to get paid for placing them too! Thanks for this insight!
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- JanTUB JanTUB Apr 28, 2009 @ 8:44 pm
- Great information. I'm using your lens as a reference in one of mine. Thanks.
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- iklilian iklilian Apr 25, 2009 @ 4:28 pm
- Great info.
but how do i get the pics on my lens after signing up?
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- Apr 24, 2009 @ 3:50 pm
- Great info!
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- Pele Pele Apr 22, 2009 @ 4:43 am
- A great resource you provided here. I've not had much luck with doing searches online for images/pictures for my squidoo lens. However, I'm gooing to use the resources you have provided here and see what happens next.
Thanks for Everything!
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- hlkljgk hlkljgk Apr 15, 2009 @ 3:50 pm
- great info. thanks for the birthday wishes! :)
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- Evelyn_Saenz Evelyn_Saenz Apr 15, 2009 @ 11:46 am
- Thank you for the great resources.
I also go to Flickr Search, click on advanced search, check Creative Commons and then search for photos there.
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- lisadh lisadh Apr 15, 2009 @ 11:09 am
- Great idea for a lens! Not only are you offering very valuable advice and helping people find excellent quality art and photos to LEGALLY add to their lenses, but you've also found a great way to promote AllPosters. Hope it does well for you. :-)
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- shevans shevans Apr 12, 2009 @ 6:31 pm
- Really appreciate all this useful information. Thanks.
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- IMAffiliate IMAffiliate Apr 12, 2009 @ 4:07 pm
- Thanks very much for the list of image sites. This is a very informative and useful lens.
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- Rob3 Rob3 Apr 11, 2009 @ 10:28 am
- Love the photos and thanks for the useful tips. A very helpful lens, 5*****
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- EagleBayDesigns EagleBayDesigns Mar 31, 2009 @ 5:49 pm
- Very good ideas. I think we'll try some of them. Thank you!
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- thewishpearl thewishpearl Mar 26, 2009 @ 4:18 pm
- Outstanding lens! Even though I love photography and work hard to produce good quality pictures myself it is great that we can use other people's pictures and make money with it too!
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- Laddoo Laddoo Mar 18, 2009 @ 4:33 am
- superb lens. just the kind of info I was looking for
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- MrMarmalade MrMarmalade Mar 14, 2009 @ 1:02 am
- Many thanks this is a tremendous help. Top five stars
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- eclecticeducation eclecticeducation Mar 10, 2009 @ 10:36 am
- Great lens! Lots of help. 5*
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- foreverme foreverme Mar 8, 2009 @ 4:29 pm
- Good idea!
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- dagsmith dagsmith Mar 8, 2009 @ 2:18 pm
- Great links - I bookmarked several - very helpful!
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- WaynesWorld WaynesWorld Mar 7, 2009 @ 1:37 am
- Nice site, great design and flow.
Very informative and it is amazing how just viewing other sites can give you ideas for what to do a lens about. Thanks.
Mike
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- Kowgirl Kowgirl Mar 6, 2009 @ 2:48 pm
- Sure am grateful for this info. I was having a hard time getting pics for my lens.
Seems everyone has put a copywriter on the pics we find at Google.Will be joining AllPosters soon.
Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment on my lens of Diabetic recipes
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- dannystaple dannystaple Mar 4, 2009 @ 11:55 am
- I have been using allposters for a while too, and have become a bit of a fan of the idea.
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- kaazoom kaazoom Feb 25, 2009 @ 9:50 am
- I have joined Allposters.Com a few years ago but never really did anything with it. This is a brilliant way to get images for my lenses and websites. Thank you for this excellent tip.
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- BusyQueen BusyQueen Feb 19, 2009 @ 11:04 pm
- Thanks for sharing your knowledge. It's well done. 5 *****'s
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- HorseAndPony HorseAndPony Feb 4, 2009 @ 9:06 pm
- Thanks for the AllPosters info. Great Lens!!!
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- ideadesigns ideadesigns Jan 30, 2009 @ 9:48 am
- Great idea, wish I'd thought of it!
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- nancydmcconnell nancydmcconnell Jan 26, 2009 @ 10:13 pm
- Great lens, thanks.
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- BudGallant BudGallant Jan 21, 2009 @ 1:53 pm
- Thanks for the tips once again.
Found the making money off of pictures ones particularily valuable.
Nice job.
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- PostRanger PostRanger Jan 19, 2009 @ 9:45 pm
- Thanks so much for the great info here, particularly about the AllPosters.com option!
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- postchadha postchadha Jan 18, 2009 @ 2:11 am
- I was delighted to go through lens. I liked your of earning money at home I signed asan affiliate to allposters.com. Please visit my site www.gatewayoptimalhealth.com
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- NomadBijoux NomadBijoux Jan 17, 2009 @ 3:39 pm
- Thanks a lot for this lens !! very very helpfull
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- SlfMstr SlfMstr Jan 16, 2009 @ 12:20 am
- As an art major, this is very visually stimulating...and exciting knowing we can LEGALLY display quality photos. How did you get the photos to display w/o any "Buy Now...." links under them? I want that clean look, too!
Congratulations on this successful Lens! Hope to get traffic like you someday :(
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- Lotusland Lotusland Jan 9, 2009 @ 1:10 pm
- I keep bump into your lenses. More great useful tips. Thanks for taking the time to share.
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- EverythingMouse EverythingMouse Jan 8, 2009 @ 6:48 pm
- I came back to this lens to give it an Angel Blessing. I saw it many months ago and took your advice - and it has certainly paid off!
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- metalheader1 metalheader1 Jan 8, 2009 @ 5:21 am
- sweet info! thanks a lot!
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- sarasm sarasm Jan 6, 2009 @ 1:09 pm
- Great!
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- alexkazam alexkazam Jan 2, 2009 @ 7:47 am
- Wow! What a great and useful lens- I hadn't realised that it was possible to use a photo as an affiliate to a poster site- great idea!
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- K_Linda K_Linda Dec 23, 2008 @ 12:07 pm
- Thanks for this lens. You helped solve one of my problems. 5*'s.
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