Copyright essentials for presenters

…By no means am I a lawyer.…However, I have licensed many of my photographs through the years,…as well as needed to license photography for use in client presentations.…Both ones I've prepared for myself, as well as built for others.…I'd like to share with you a few…core tenants about using photography in a presentation.…Couple of essentials to keep in mind.…First off, if you have any doubt whatsoever, engage your lawyer.…You may have in-house legal counsel, or you may have…policies that have been set by a lawyer for your company.…

If not, if there's any question, it might make more sense to either…avoid the image or engage a lawyer to ensure that you're in the rights.…Things to keep in mind, that there are…generally four factors used to consider with copyright infringement.…Note that this is for the United States, although…the principles worldwide, while varying, are similar in nature.…What a judge is going to consider is the purpose and the character of the use.…Are you using this for educational purposes in a classroom?…