Copyright is a legal right that grants creators exclusive control over the use and distribution of their original works, usually for a limited time period. While copyright provides creators control, it is not absolute and allows for limitations and exceptions like fair use. To avoid infringing on copyright, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder to use or change their protected materials, as the creator maintains legal rights over their work and can decide whether or not to grant permission and on what terms. When finding images, permission from the copyright holder or a paid license is required before using the image, even if the holder is not obvious, including images from Google, social media, books and photos taken by others. Certain organizations can grant licenses to use copyrighted images

1. Copyright
Copyright is a legal right created by the law of a country that grants the creator of an
original work exclusive rights to its use and distribution, usually for a limited time. The
exclusive rights are not absolute; they are limited by limitations and exceptions to
copyright law, including fair use.
If you’re using or changing materials protected by copyright, you need to get
permission to do so. This is because the creator or owner of copyright has control over
their work. They can decide whether or not they want to give permission, and what
conditions they want to set. By getting permission and agreeing conditions you avoid
infringing legal rights, and also ensure creators get paid for their work.
If you’ve found an image, online or offline, you need to get permission from the copyright holder or
pay for a licence before you use it – even if it isn’t immediately obvious who
the copyright holder is. This includes images:
found on Google Images or downloaded from other web pages
shared on social networking sites
found in books, journals, articles, newspapers, magazines, photographs
and postcards you've taken a photograph of.

2. Organisations
These organisations grant permission to use copyright images, these particular organisations
concentrate on print media. For example Getty Images allows you to search its library for
images using keywords. Once you’ve found an image you want to use, the licence you get will
depend on how you want to use the image, and also The British Broadcasting
Corporation (BBC) has a fee-paying, business-to-business service where you can find images
protected by copyright from the organisation's library for editorial use in digital and print
media.

3. My Selected Found Image
So I can use this image in my own work I will have to
contact the owner of the image and ask if he will grant
me permission to use this image. If so I will have to pay
a fee and receive a license for this image. This must be
done before using the image itself. I have search this
image by using the ‘search by image’ tool on Copyright
Hub. As this image does not have a found owner, to use
this image I would have to pay a fee to Copyright Hub,
and wait for them to find the rightful owner of the
image. I cannot use this image or will not have
permission until this has been done.