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Get to know your clipart
by Florie Lyn Masarate
Before the inventions of the more modern graphic designs, pictures and
animations, everybody loves using clipart. Why clipart? They can quite
convenient up to now. They are already there ready whenever you need them in
your prints. All you have to do is click on them and copy paste. Along with
this, there are cd-roms offering thousands of clipart to choose from. Different
assortments and according to different categories too. Clipart saves you the
trouble of having to make your own image. Not only time consuming, not all
people have the artistic vein in them to produce one.
Ever heard of copyrights? Well, as these clipart are made by certain companies,
there can be doubt that these arts have their own copyright. Having a copyright
means that other people do not have the right to use and credit them as their
own, this is putting it mildly. There are legal proceedings and actions that
would be complicated to discuss and explain regarding copyright. With this are
the "don'ts" about clipart.
You cannot resell clipart. Let us say, you liked this certain clipart and
decided to make some changes before putting it on your website. By putting it on
your site, your sole purpose is to sell it. If you haven't known it yet, you are
breaking the law. That is, the law of the clipart copyright and license
agreement.
You cannot create obscene graphics using these clipart. There is what they call
Corel's license agreement that states "you may not create scandalous, obscene or
immoral works using the clipart and photo images". If you want to make those
kinds, create them yourself. Why create them in the first place?
You cannot pass them on to other people and make it look like it is yours. Buy
yourself a multi-use license if you want to do this. Buying clipart gives you
the right to use it on only one computer. If you want to share them with your
friends, relatives or other people, you have to purchase a license to do so.
Clipart is something that people take for granted. The common misconception is
that once they have it, they can do anything they like to these images. As all
other creations, they too have their own copyright that people should know
about. Better knowing the facts first than be into something that you do not
expect to happen.
Get to know more about clipart and are there behind these images.
For comments and inquiries about the article visit
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About the Author
Florie Lyn Masarate got a flair for reading and writing when she got her first
subscription of the school newsletter in kindergarten. She had her first article
published on that same newsletter in the third grade.
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