Monday, May 30, 2011

Copyright Issues

FONT
Font: 256 Bytes Std Regular
From the website www.linotype.com
The font is Free and you have the option to download straight from their website.
Highlights from the terms and conditions:
- All additional edits, copies or distributions and/or public re-production, especially unapproved adoption to an internet- or intranet-offer is an exceeding of the standard appraisal of the databases and therefore will be considered as an infringement of copyrights which will be prosecuted and obliges to payment of indemnifications.
- All patent design rights and trademarks mentioned in the online-offer or protected by third parties are all exclusively subjet to the provisions of the respective valid identification law and the respective registered proprietor.
- Owing to a simple statement it shall not be concluded that trademarks are not protected by rights of third parties!








IMAGE
Image1 - from the web site www.istockphoto.com
Go access the image I have to sign up and choose a plan that works better for me. After sign up I have to buy stock credits and with this credits to purchase the images.  This image is on the standard license and cost 20 credits




Restrictions:
- Online "print-on-demand" products
-Use in any logo or trademark
- sub-license, give away, share or otherwise transfer stand-alone images/files


Image2 - from the from the web site www.istockphoto.com
To access the image is the same procedure as the first image. But this image cost 15 credits.
Same restrictions as on the above image related to copyright. 
















Image3 - from the web site shutterstock.com
To download the image is required to register on the website and choose a plan.
One that would suits for this image is the cheapest one ( 2 downloads= $199 USD = $185.785 AUD)
Highlights from the terms and conditions:
- The images can be reproduced as prints, posters (i.e. a hardcopy) and other reproductions for your own personal, non-commercial use and display, not for resale, download or distribution;
- On letterhead and business cards, pamphlets, brochures, catalogs
- DO NOT: Share an Image by providing access to such Image on shared disk drives, computer networks, intranets of any nature or otherwise.
Sources:
www.shutterstock.com/licensing.mhtml
www.istockphoto.com/help/licenses

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