Re: Who owns clip art

>What happens when we take that one step farther and incorporate them into
>multi-media programs which may be marketed to other colleges? Who owns the
>copyright? If I create a program and fix slides and clip art into that
>program, can I copyright that material? Must I get permission from the
>owner of the clip art? Must I give credit to the source of the clip art
>or slides?

Here's the copyright disclaimer from T/Maker ClickArt( business Images:

...Nevertheless, T/Maker Company realizes you have licensed this copy of the images so that you could copy the images in their present or a modified form and incorporate them into another work.

T/Maker Company therefore gives you permission to copy and modify ClickArt images for your own use. You may incorporate and distribute up to 10 duplicate or modified ClickArt as part of any other work or collection of works. Any magnetic medium used to distribute a work incorporating one or more ClickArtimages must have a label that includes the following notice:

ClickArt( ImagesCopyright) 1987,1988 T/Maker Company. All Rights Reserved.

This isn't my definitive answer to Marjorie's query, but I think it offers the answer she's looking for.

Rick Povich
Media Producer
University of Pittsburgh
Johnstown, Pa. 15904
(814) 269-7103
SHUTTER[_at_]VMS.CIS.PITT.EDU Received on Mon Jan 24 1994 - 19:05:28 GMT