Re: digital images

On Fri, Jan 21, 2000, Robert Cumbow <rcumbow[_at_]grahamdunn.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jan 20, 2000, Karen Burd <klb4[_at_]erols.com> wrote:
> >
> > I don't know if I'm asking the right people this question but if
> > not hopefully you can direct me to the right source. If you design
> > something from a software program (e.g. a print shop or greeting
> > card program) is that considered "their" design? In other words,
> > if I designed cards from a software program could I sell them?
>
> I would be astonished if a software company claimed ownership of the
> copyright in a work created by a user of their software. On second
> thought, nothing would astonish me any more. Better read the shrinkwrap
> license and the manual that came with the software.

SAS Institute (http://www.sas.com/) includes a PDF format output generator which includes an embedded string claiming copyright by SAS Institute, from reports. SAS has also typically defaulted to output a copyright string on its ASCII (or EBCDIC) hardcopy output.

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