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No, it is not legal you need permission to use a photograph that is not yours either explicit permission from the image owner, or if the photo has been licenced using a creative commons (cc) licence (which may have various stipulations to abide by).

According to internet lore, if you change 30% of a copyrighted work, it is no longer infringement and you can use it however you want.

Any individual or business that infringes copyright can face legal action. Infringement is usually treated as civil offence but can, in certain circumstances, be deemed a criminal offence, with damages awarded by a court. Depending on the severity of the infringement, the result can be a fine or even imprisonment.

Citing an image has nothing to do with fair use. Providing attribution for an artist or linking to an image offers you no protection against copyright infringement; it only helps you avoid plagiarism.

The only way to avoid copyright infringement is to create original work or by getting permission to use it. Ultimately the only way to know that you have changed enough of the copyrighted image is to get sued. Once in court, the judge will decide if there was enough change between the original work and yours.

Citation, however, does not cure copyright infringement, which is the unauthorized use of another's work. If you copy an entire journal article by someone else, without permission, into a book you publish, you probably have infringed copyright, even if you add a footnote citing the original author and source.

Here's how to take advantage of the new changes:Search for the image you want as you normally would, then head to the Images section.Click on Tools to expand the filter menu.Under Usage Rights, you'll find the option to sort images by their license Creative Commons or commercial use.That's it.