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Creative commons for erotic purpose
<p>I am a young writer and I need free photos of girls's body ( so with faces covered ) for the cover of my erotic book similar to 50 shades of grey.</p>

<p>Can I use the photos of flickr under this licence <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/</a> for my erotic book ?</p>

<p>Or are there some restrictions for erotic purpose?</p>

<p>Assuming that the images are in fact released by the copyright holder under the CC_BY 2.0 license, and not under the CC_BY_NC or CC_BY_SA license, you are free to use the image on a book cover. That the book is erotic makes no difference.</p>

<p>You must attribute the cover image to the original creator, as specified in the license, unless the creator has indicated that no attribution should be provided.</p>

<p>You must not state or imply that the original creator has in any way endorsed your book or you.</p>

<p>Be careful to check that the person releasing the image is in fact the copyright holder. It is not unknown for someone to upload someone else's image and <strong>claim</strong> to release it under a CC license. Obviously a "license" from someone who had no rights does not give you or anyone any rights. Just as buying stolen goods from a thief does not give you title to them.</p>

<p>It is your responsibility to confirm that the person who released the image had the right to do so.</p>

<p>Many jurisdictions recently created "revenge porn" laws which criminalize the publication of erotic photos without the model's consent. So if you take erotic images from around the web which are <em>claimed</em> to be CC-BY licensed by the anonymous users who uploaded them, then you might put yourself into danger in several regards:</p>

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<li>The one who posted the image might have stolen the work. The actual photographer might not have given consent to their work getting published under CC-BY.</li>
<li>The model might not have given consent to have images of their naked body being used in that way.</li>
<li>In the worst case scenario, the model might even turn out to be underage, which can put you into a <em>massive</em> amount of trouble.</li>
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<p>I would try to get image material from a reputable stock image source where they can offer me a guarantee that they took care of all these legal pitfalls. This might cost me a bit, though. But it is not even <em>that</em> expensive. <a href="https://www.shutterstock.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Shutterstock</a>, for example, has a huge selection of images  which might be appropriate for your purpose (just search for "nude woman" and you get literally thousands of images I could imagine on the cover of an erotic book) and their pricing is very affordable.</p>
