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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Copyright Issues

Stock Images:

In the internet you can use both free and paid images and use them for personal or commercial use. Before doing so you need to read very carefully the terms & conditions and prices.

Gettyimages: http://www.gettyimages.com.au/

The prices are from $5 and can be over $1,000. You can download a free preview JPEG but it is copyright by gettyimages. To remove the copyright you need to pay the amount. You can pay the amount via credit card.

istockphoto: http://www.istockphoto.com/
                  : http://www.istockphoto.com/help/licenses

You need to buy credits to use the photos. There are three options either pay-as-you-go or subscriptions or corporate accounts. The prices are on:  http://www.istockphoto.com/prices.php



Stock Fonts:
In the internet there are free and paid fonts. Some free fonts is only used for personal use only and not for commercial use. It is very important to read the Terms & Conditions of the font website you are using.
You can also buy fonts inside a Small Business starter kit in stores such as Harvey Norman, Officeworks etc. But you need to also check their terms and conditions too.

1) Free stock fonts for personal & commercial use:


Fontsquirrel allows users to use their font for commercial use and without any payment applied.

2) Paid stock fonts:


Payment ranges from $55- over $1,000. You can buy a whole family font kid which costs over $700.

- Linotype: http://www.linotype.com

Payment ranges from 25 euro and higher. Payment options are credit card via visa, mastercard and amex or via paypal.

Stock font for my logo.

Font: I sourced my font via a small business starter kid CD from a local store. The font is called Belmar. Belmar is a free font to download from the internet. 



Photos to apply my logo on.

Gettyimages Photos:



istockphoto Photos:





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