Do copyright rules apply for using images in Clipart? We are a small not for
profit organisation and would like to use one of the images in our stickers.
Thank you
Your legal rights with respect to the clipart are described in the End
User License Agreement. When you click Help > About in any Office
document, there's a link to let you reread the EULA (of course, you
read it from end to end when you first installed Office, didn't you?).
The part that specifically covers clipart (for Office 2003, although I
don't think anything is different in other versions) is this:
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1.5 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.
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Bearing in mind the famous statement "I Am Not A Lawyer", it's my
opinion that your proposed use is OK provided you include a line (even
in very small print) like "Illustration copyright (c) Microsoft Corp."
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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