Hi Christine,
Unfortunately I think you will find that all images that come as part of such publications will be copyrighted in one form or another. If it is a ‘Group’ (as in publication house) copyright they will own it themselves.
Most readers images which are submitted will also be subject to magazine copyright for a (usually) defined period, after which the copyright will then resort back to the original owner.
The most likely scenario is that the images have been purchased from an image library for the sole purpose of samples for use on the cd, as such there may be a limited copyright which the magazine acquires for the purpose of the publication, but essentially the copyright will remain with either the library or the person who submitted the original to them.
The chances of any published images being copyright free is fairly small.
It may be better to find some image libraries who permit free personal use as this would not be contravened by the image manipulation thread – provided of course that results are not entered into competitions or sold. If there is a worry over actually posting a ‘free for personal use’ image, then you could simply post a link to the image.
Cheers,
Steve
