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BTW... Royalty-free, doesn't necessarily mean FREE! Just in case anyone was wondering. You still have to pay for the image initially, but you can continue to use it without having to pay royalties.
And along those lines if you check the licences on some of those sites (istockphoto is one such I believe), some of the royalty free images aren't really royalty free either: they're royalty free for up to X circulation, then you have to pay royalty after that (where X is a large number, but essentially means they're not royalty free, you just paid it up front).
And along those lines if you check the licences on some of those sites (istockphoto is one such I believe), some of the royalty free images aren't really royalty free either: they're royalty free for up to X circulation, then you have to pay royalty after that (where X is a large number, but essentially means they're not royalty free, you just paid it up front).
Very true and actually is about the same for most clipart packages. You always have to read the fine print.
any reasons why they (istock and uwork4them) dont allow T-shirt usage ?
Istockphoto actually does allow t-shirt usage with their extended license.
I think it's up to a run of 2000 shirts. They just don't allow the images to be used on print-on-demand fulfillment services like CafePress where you can't really control how many of the image will be sold.
I think the clipart places may want to control how their images are used on merchandise for sale.
any reasons why they (istock and uwork4them) dont allow T-shirt usage ?
You'd have to ask them for the real reason, but two that I can think of, 1) They don't want the images becoming that ubiquitous (and thus devalued), 2) They intend the clipart to enhance something you are using to sell (such as a sales brochure) rather than being the thing itself that you are selling.
I would say you hit the nail on the head Lewis. Plus why would anyone want to place a clipart image on a shirt and sell as theirs? With tons of people using the same image.
you could try microsoft clip art. many of the images are standard images that you easily create in illustrator, so for them to trace them back to you would be pretty impossible. all i advise is for any of the more complex clipart pics, just change them so they aren't instantly recognisable. to be honest, im not even sure of their usage policy on them anyway. maybe you are allowed to use them.
BTW... Royalty-free, doesn't necessarily mean FREE! Just in case anyone was wondering. You still have to pay for the image initially, but you can continue to use it without having to pay royalties.
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