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Terms of Usage for Clip Art, Fonts

Go right to the source and find out how and when you can use the images, fonts, and photos you've acquired. The End-User License Agreement (EULA) or Software License Agreement (SLA) sets forth the terms of usage for software and any accompaning templates, clip art, and fonts. Discover what rights you do and do not have when you purchase software, font CDs, or clip art collections.

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About - Using Clip Art on Resale Products
One of the most common copyright questions that designers ask is a variation on "Can I use the clip art in this package to make greeting cards or t-shirts for sale?" Unfortunately, the answer is usually no. Or, at least it is no, unless you obtain additional usage rights from the publisher.
About Graphics Software - Read the EULA
Know your rights and restrictions. Find out what the EULA tells you about what you can do with the software license you purchase.
Adobe: Type
Read Adobe's licensing for their digital type. Like software, you get a license for fonts, you don't own them.
Adobe: Use of Fonts
PDF article describes the ethical use of fonts.
ClipArt.com: Licensing
Outlines the permitted uses and what you are not permitted to do with their images.
Corel: Legal FAQ
Find out how you can legally use a variety of Corel products including clip art, box shots, Web content, and fonts that come with Corel products.
Digital Vision: Photography, Illustration, etc.
Here is the End-user licensing for these EyeWire collections that include Digital Vision Photography, Digital Vision Illustration, and Digital Vision Autograph Series software products.
Dream Maker Software: Clip Art
Read the License agreement. Also answers questions about using their clip art in software, sharing with family or friends, and giving the clip art files to a client for a project that includes some of their images.
EyeWire Images
Lists licensing information for the various EyeWire products including the Image Club collections and other software.
Getty Images: License Agreements
Sets forth the permitted uses and limitations on use of both rights-managed and royalty-free images from their collections.
Microsoft: TrueType Core Fonts for the Web EULA
This EULA describes what license comes with TrueTye Core fonts for the Web including reproduction, distribution, and warranty.
Nova Development: License Agreement
Find out what you can and can't do with the images from various Art Explosion packages.
NVTech License Agreement: Task Force Images
Here is the license information that applies to the images, clip files and application files from New Vision Technologies products such as TASK FORCE ImageGALLERY.
Photos.com: EULA
Details the terms and conditions of use for their royalty-free images.
Screen Beans Terms of Usage
Check the different licenses depending on how you want to use the clip art.
Serif: License Agreement
License covers use of the software as well as specific use of clip art images that come with Serif products.
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