My question is regarding sites offering licensed images for print?

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My question is regarding Royalty-Free Clip Art and Stock Images. I have read that you may purchase royalty-free clip art and stock images on discs (or download) to use without restriction, commercially and privately - on business cards, websites, personal scrapbooks and project. The only purpose you cannot use royalty-free images for is to start your own clip art business; you do not have the right to resell or lease the clip art to others.

Then how does a company like Got Print (www.gotprint.com) and CauseKeepers offer licensed logos and images for the Quick Designer? This is where you build your business card online.

Is it because they are selling business cards with the image, and not the image itself?

How would you be able to use the same image on a letterhead or brochure? (keeping in mind the article I read said Business Cards).

Thanks~

DogmaBites · Accepted Answer

I believe they pay a different price.  You a lower price when the image is for your own use and a higher price (and possibly royalties) if you wish to resell it.

I write software and it's the same issue.  The $50 or $100 individual use license fee does not cover reselling or source code.  To get the full rights (source code and copy right) costs tens of thousands.

Exactly what rights they have and how much they paid is unclear, but I strongly suspect it is more than what you pay for your own use.

I don't know if you can use the Got Print images on anything other than business cards built with them.  I suspect not, but I can't say for sure.

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My question is regarding sites offering licensed images for print?

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