What are the laws associated with using other companies websites, photos, and information on my personal site?
I am compiling an informative website that will use many many different websites/companies to build a website that others can use to reference specific items from one location. Do I have to ask each website for their permission, or can I use their links and photos at will?
I just don’t want to get sued. 
Okay…I’m not going to copy text. I for example have a section called "Handbags" Can I go to like Guess.com find a picture of a purse I think is cute, use the picture and reference guess.com on my website.
This is how I will be using website, anything from Target.com, Overstock.com, barnesandnoble.com, etc.
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You need to check each companys’ copyright information. the majority of the text (writing) and the photos are copy righted. Which means copy & paste = copyright infringmenet. Some sites like wikipedia have copyright free information and photos.
You start using copyrighted material and you can COUNT on a lawsuit.
Look at the bottom of the pages you want to copy and you will see something like copyrighted.
You can post a link to a website that is public but check the site for information on using its content. If it’s a school or non-profit org it might be there for public use but it will give its copywrite requirements somewhere on the site. It may say you can use anything as long as you give attribution to the organization. If you don’t see anything about usage you should get written permission.