Expert: WryLilt - 12/6/2011

Question
I used to copy photo URLs off Blogspot blogs all the time, but they changed things and now when you click on a photo, a new URL does not appear in the URL bar on top. When you run your mouse over a photo, some kind of URL appears under it, but it will not copy, and when I print it out by hand, it says it is not a valid URL. What am I doing wrong? Thanks so much for your time.

Answer
Hi Kelly,

The quickest way to get the URL of any photo online (including blogspot) is to right click on the photo and then on the menu that pops up click on "Copy image URL". The simply paste the URL into the address bar.

However you should be aware that all content on the internet (whether text, graphics or video) is copyright. Unless there is specific rights given on the page (such as creative commons rights), you can get in serious trouble legally if the original owners of the photos ever see their work re-used on another site.

If you're just saving the pictures to your computer for personal use that should not be a problem though.

S.