Re: digital images

From: Lorre Smith <ls973[_at_]cnsvax.albany.edu>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 15:28:22 -0500

On 1/21/00, Sylvie Fodor <s.fodor[_at_]akg.de> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 20 Jan 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?
>
> Of course. Why not?

I know in the world of art rubber stamping a controversy arose from just this sort of situation. The producers of rubber stamps began to claim that those who use their rubber stamp images may not produce works for resale which include images of their rubber stamps. In other words, if I took one of their rubber stamps and ink, and stamped the image on something (like a piece of paper), according to their claims, I may not sell that ink image without their permission. They claimed this right of control over the images through their copyright. There's been a huge flap about it in the community of people who use the rubber stamp images because the rights are virtually never spelled out at the point of sale of the stamp in retail outlets. Their catalogs often spell out their ideas regarding their copyright.

My recommendation is to contact the company. They would be the ones suing you should they consider your actions an infringement, and you might as well get their take on what they think are the rights you do or don't have.

---

Ms. Lorre Smith
Librarian for Digital Library Initiatives University Libraries LE 310
University at Albany
State University of New York
1400 Washington Ave.
Albany, NY 12222

Telephone: 518/437-3966 ; Fax: 518/442-3567; Electronic Mail: LS973[_at_]cnsvax.albany.edu

For information on copyright: http://www.albany.edu/~ls973/copy.html

---

---

Received on Mon Jan 31 2000 - 20:28:29 GMT