Public Domain Image Archive

neilv

Does anyone know how easily you can do "copyright clearance" for these supposedly public domain images? For example, the page for the first image I clicked on said: Date 1833 Underlying Rights Public Domain Worldwide Digital Rights No Additional Rights * Source states “no known restrictions” * We offer this info as guidance only with a link to: https://pdimagearchive.org/reusing-images/ If, for example, you design the cover of a self-published book around such an image, is Amazon KDP going to reject it, because they don't accept that screenshot as sufficient proof of rights?

mmh0000

I do not know how this site managed to break mousewheel scrolling so badly, but I am quite impressed.

zuzululu

Would've been more relevant before genAI Now I can generate any realistic photo/cartoon I want

jamwise

I don't know if I'll ever use this but that "Infinite View" is a lot of fun, I just lost 20 minutes before snapping myself out of a trance. Some really cool pictures in there.

rectang

There are lots of sites that provide images that somebody has claimed are public domain. But for significant use, you what you really need is provenance documentation. These folks seem to be more up-front about the issue than many sites I’ve seen: https://pdimagearchive.org/reusing-images/ > On each image page we communicate to the best of our knowledge the rights status of both the underlying work and the digital copy of this work. We provide this information based on a basic knowledge of copyright law and what is communicated by the source institution — it is strictly meant as a guideline and it should not be taken as legal advice. We admit no responsibility for any untoward consequences that may arise through reuse of material featured on our site. If you are requiring certainty as to usage allowed for an image, then you are encouraged to check with the source institution and make your own investigations.

samcgraw

This is just the kind of thing I love about the open internet: the insane amount of art available in archives, (e.g. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/ , https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en , the Met, etc). Adding this to the list for one of my side projects[0]. [0] https://flaneur.ink