Photo's and copyrighting

[Saltysteele]

Does anyone know the rules with copyrighting and photos from Microsoft PowerPoint?

There are a couple I'd love to play with to design a label, that fit the name I've chosen perfectly.

Not that I'm going big time, or anything. I'd just like to make it look professional for friends that are buying, and for any farmers markets I hit up. Also have a friend that owns a floral shop.

Anyway, I'd love to play around in CS2 with the photo's, but don't want to bother (except maybe for fun/practice) if they are copyrighted. My question lies in the fact that you can use them for presentations and such, but does that mean you can do whatever you want?

I mean, I've got the equipment to go take the photo's myself, but these are very nice.

Thanks!

 

[Guest]

They should have some kind of disclaimer somewhere . My understanding is that most of them are free to use for personal use only = You couldn't make your logo or labels from them or use them on anything you would make a profit from selling .

 

[Saltysteele]

Gotcha!

Makes total sense

Thanks, Kitn

 

[Tabitha]

google free stock images & you should find a bunch of sites like iStockphoto.com & www.bigstockphotos.com. They have zillions of photos & images you can buy the rights to use for as low as 2 bucks.

 

[xyxoxy]

I occasionally browse the discount CD bins and have found clipart CD's with thousands of free to use images for as little as $1.