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Freecodesource.com, What IS this site?

Started by ravens, August 14, 2014, 14:18

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ravens

What's up with this site freecodesource.com?

It has tons of Shutterstock photos. If you click Download Photo Without Watermark
it directs you to SS, but look at that HTML under the image:
"Display this Stock Photo on your Website or Blog"
and then there's HTML code.

Displaying someone else's SS watermarked photo on your website/blog can't be legal??
Anyone know about this?

See for yourself
http://www.freecodesource.com/stock-photos/210358807--Camera-Flat-Icon-With-Long...-stock-photo.html

http://www.freecodesource.com/stock-photos/210033592--Closeup-Of-Pictures-A-Kind-Of...-stock-photo.html

(just borrowing random examples)

ShadySue

Looks like it's a 'partner' site. Someone can save out the watermarked pic as they can from SS itself, but if you click on get an unwatermarked version, you get taken to SS. I suppose freecodesource gets a kickback from SS.
I find these partner sites annoying - iS has them too - but a lot of them seem to be legit.