Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Copy Right Issues

Copy right Issues for Fonts
Fonts can be found and used from a variety of internet sites. Some are free other require you to pay for a licence. In a job a licence is always required by law. You pay for the use of that font lending you the copyright for that font for that one job. Repeated use requires repeat payments.

Identifont- Indentifont is a font website that allows you to search through fonts by appearance, name, similarity, picture, designer and publisher. This site supplies free fonts but also fonts that you can buy but it refers to another site to do so.


Font ShopHas over 150,000 fonts in every style and category. You can search the fonts through type, style or structure of the font you desire. 


Font FontFontShop International and its FontFont label was founded by Neville Brody and Erik Spiekermann in 1990 in Berlin and is now one of the largest manufacturers of digital typefaces in the world. The world’s largest library of original contemporary typefaces. There are about 743 font families.


Terms & Conditions - 
Identifont website has a link dedicated to Terms of use which is the same for most font sites. There is conditions on personal use, privacy policy, copyright, links and disclaimers. Their copyright statement for the fonts and typefaces on the website states  that the components of the Web site, including the text and graphics, are copyright materials and may not be copied or used for any other purpose without the prior written permission of the copyright holder. Typeface names featured on this Web site are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders.


Copy Right Issues for Images
Images off the internet are copyrighted unless purchased. Using images in work found on the internet and websites such as Google are illegal because you don't not have permission from the owner to use his/her work. You can how ever purchase images from off certain websites. 'stock images'.


iStock - iStockphoto is a website source for royalty-free stock images, media and design elements. All iStock files are royalty-free which means you only have to pay once to use the file multiple times as long as its used within the terms of the license agreement will not infringe on any copyright, moral right, trademark or other intellectual property right, or violate any right of privacy or publicity.


Shutter Stock Shutterstock is one of the largest subscription-based stock photo agency. Consists of 18,999,510 royalty-free stock photos, illustrations, and vectors.


Sourced Stock Images


Image 1
Lighting Bolt- Could be used within the logo or to support the logo in the background or behind the text or shield.














http://www.shutterstock.com/


Image 2
Shield - Used in the logo with 'T' on top.Help create depth or a 3D effect.














http://www.shutterstock.com/


Image 3
Football & Hands- Used in advertisement for the team or recruitment. Logo in between the arms up the top or one of the bottom corners.















http://www.istockphoto.com/

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