Copyrights on Clip arts

[cj]

Hey I'm writing a children’s book everything is of my creation. I wrote the
book and illustrated every page. Except I used a border to go around all the
pictures and the words and used one clip art of an old scroll paper that I
used to put a letter in but other than the border and the one clip art
everything was made by me and my sister. Is this ok or should we make our
own border and draw our own scroll paper?

[John Inzer]

Hey I'm writing a children's book everything is of my creation. I
wrote the book and illustrated every page. Except I used a border to
go around all the pictures and the words and used one clip art of an
old scroll paper that I used to put a letter in but other than the
border and the one clip art everything was made by me and my sister.
Is this ok or should we make our own border and draw our own scroll
paper?

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After all the work you have done...seems to me you
would want every element to be your own creation.

Anyway...maybe the following articles will help you:

Frequently Asked Questions about Microsoft Copyrights
http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/permissions/faq.mspx

Use of Microsoft Copyrighted Content
http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/permissions/default.mspx

Here's an excerpt from the MS Publisher 2007
License:

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Media Elements and Templates. You may copy
and use images, clip art, animations, sounds, music,
shapes, video clips and templates provided with the
software and identified for such use in documents
and projects that you create. You may distribute those
documents and projects non-commercially. If you
wish to use these media elements or templates for
any other purpose, go to www.microsoft.com/permission
to learn whether that use is allowed.
====
--
J. Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

[cj]

Yeah I decided to take the clip art out but I really like to keep the boder.
I would change the boder if I could but I really don't know how to. I have
yellow stars as a boder is that going to be any conflict?

Post by John Inzer

Hey I'm writing a children's book everything is of my creation. I
wrote the book and illustrated every page. Except I used a border to
go around all the pictures and the words and used one clip art of an
old scroll paper that I used to put a letter in but other than the
border and the one clip art everything was made by me and my sister.
Is this ok or should we make our own border and draw our own scroll
paper?

========================================
After all the work you have done...seems to me you
would want every element to be your own creation.
Frequently Asked Questions about Microsoft Copyrights
http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/permissions/faq.mspx
Use of Microsoft Copyrighted Content
http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/permissions/default.mspx
Here's an excerpt from the MS Publisher 2007
====
Media Elements and Templates. You may copy
and use images, clip art, animations, sounds, music,
shapes, video clips and templates provided with the
software and identified for such use in documents
and projects that you create. You may distribute those
documents and projects non-commercially. If you
wish to use these media elements or templates for
any other purpose, go to www.microsoft.com/permission
to learn whether that use is allowed.
====
--
J. Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience
Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer
Solutions that work for
me may not work for you
Proceed at your own risk

[John Inzer]

Post by cj
Yeah I decided to take the clip art out but I really like to keep the
boder. I would change the boder if I could but I really don't know
how to. I have yellow stars as a boder is that going to be any
conflict?

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Sorry...but as a volunteer...I cannot give advice...
the best I can do is offer the links and you have to
make the decision.
--
J. Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk