There’s no denying images are increasing becoming a valuable commodity in the world of digital marketing. The challenge is how to find relevant, quality images that make your posts and products stand out from the herd and avoid issues with copyright. Check out this guide from crazyegg.com – it’s one of the most thorough I’ve seen. http://blog.crazyegg.com/2014/05/13/definitive-guide-finding-images-blog-posts-content/
An exploding issue in the online world is the use of material which is protected. All original material is protected by copyright law. Yet people fail to pay heed to that and blindly re-use information and images.
Similarly, if you are repurposing content written by others for which you have rights to use, you need to make sure that it is not a blind copy, or face the consequences from search engines who will either slap you or not reward you for lack of originality.
Here is a list of tools which can help you with both of these scenarios. Most if not all cost nothing to use.