JoAnn Paules [MVP]

Have you tried Google? You might also see if there's another newsgroup that
deals with graphics where someone may be able to help you. I can understand
wanting to use royalty-free art but I can also understand the desire to get
paid for one's work.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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"story.lady" <storylady@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CCCF917F-E96B-44DF-B5E2-1945E8245DDC@microsoft.com...
> This is where I am confused as well. I downloaded and altered some online
> sillouette clips to create a logo (took days and days), but then I thought
> I'd better make sure I could use it before I took my story telling poster
> public. I wish that there would be a plain English EULA agreemant that you
> could read before downloading the"free" clip art. Does anyone know of a
> list
> of public domain silloutes? The two links given in an earlier post only
> have
> photos.
>
> Thanks
>
> "April" wrote:
>
>> I believe I may have found the reason for the discrepancy that is
>> confusing
>> all of us. There is the Microsoft Clip Art Gallery, which I have on my
>> old
>> computer. The Gallery came with Microsoft Office Professional 2000. The
>> Gallery has nothing to do with the ONLINE clip art, which has a different
>> End
>> User License Agreement (EULA). The rules for the Gallery are as follows
>> copied from the Microsoft Web site:
>>
>> Clip Art
>> The Microsoft Clip Art Gallery provides a compilation of artwork for your
>> personal use. Microsoft licenses some of the artwork from third parties
>> and
>> therefore cannot grant permission for you to redistribute the artwork.
>> For
>> more information on the terms of use, refer to the End User License
>> Agreement
>> (EULA) that accompanied the product from which you obtained the clip art.
>> If
>> you obtained the artwork from Office Online, you can find the EULA at
>> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/FX010986541033.aspx.
>> Many other product EULAs are available at
>> http://www.microsoft.com/legal/useterms/.
>> The following guidelines apply to the use of clip art:
>> 1. You may use clip art in your school assignments and projects.
>> 2. You may use clip art in your church brochure.
>> 3. You may use clip art for personal, noncommercial uses.
>> 4. You may not use clip art to advertise your business.
>> 5. You may not use clip art to create a company logo.
>> 6. You may not use clip art to illustrate the chapters of a book.
>>
>>
>> Then, there is the Microsoft ONLINE content. The End User Agreement
>> (EULA)
>> is as follows:
>>
>> END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR MICROSOFT ONLINE CONTENT
>> 1.2 License Grant for Media Elements. The Software may include certain
>> photographs, clip art, shapes, animations, sounds, music and video clips
>> that
>> are identified in the Software for your use (together "Media Elements").
>> You
>> may copy and modify the Media Elements, and license, display and
>> distribute
>> them, along with your modifications as part of your software products and
>> services, including your web sites, but you are not licensed to do any of
>> the
>> following:
>> You may not sell, license or distribute copies of the Media Elements by
>> themselves or as part of any collection, product or service if the
>> primary
>> value of the product or service is in the Media Elements.
>> You may not grant customers of your product or service any rights to
>> license or distribute the Media Elements.
>> You may not license or distribute any of the Media Elements that include
>> representations of identifiable individuals, governments, logos,
>> initials,
>> emblems, trademarks, or entities for any commercial purposes or to
>> express or
>> imply any endorsement or association with any product, service, entity,
>> or
>> activity.
>> You may not create obscene or scandalous works, as defined by federal
>> law
>> at the time the work is created, using the Media Elements.
>> In addition, you must (a) indemnify and defend Microsoft from and against
>> any claims or lawsuits, including attorneys' fees that arise from or
>> result
>> from the licensing, use or distribution of Media Elements as modified by
>> you,
>> and (b) include a valid copyright notice on your products and services
>> that
>> include the Media Elements.
>>
>> If I am correct (I'm still waiting for the Microsoft intellectual
>> property
>> licensing dept. to email me back about this), Microsoft Gallery comes
>> with
>> older versions of Office and cannot be used in business publications or
>> books
>> to be published. However, the Microsoft ONLINE art clips can be used, so
>> long
>> as the art clips are not used where the primary value of the publication
>> in
>> question is the art clip itself.
>>
>> Let me know if I am totally off base.
>>
>> April
>>
>>
>> "JCARVERP" wrote:
>>
>> > I would like to know for sure if these images can be used in
>> > publications
>> > other than websites, like in a book. Thanks alot. If not, does anyone
>> > know
>> > where I could find a large database of royalty free/public domain clip
>> > art?
>> > Thanks alot.