[Clipart] 3000+ SVG files available

Jon Phillips jon at rejon.org
Thu Mar 3 04:05:34 PST 2005


Raymond Penners wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 03:23:21 -0800, Jon Phillips <jon at rejon.org> wrote:
> 
>>However, if these images are public domain elsewhere and this person
>>collected them, then we can use them. However, that first place they were
>>taken from should be known (and probably embedded into the document).
> 
> 
> I am under the impression that the images are in the public domain,
> but that the author of the web site added that other statement to
> simply stop people from copying the clipart collection into other
> sites or onto CDs so that his web traffic (read: ad revenue) is kept
> in place.
> 
> Anyway, this is just speculation though. I sent him an email, and
> hopefully the answer clarifies things. If not, then perhaps I will put
> the SVG collection up on my own site because I really do feel that the
> claims made on kamsart.com are unjust.
> 

Cool, but no matter the outcome, I highly encourage you to keep submitting 
and looking for other files which could be submitted to Open Clip Art 
Library. There is so much out there that has not been harvested for the 
site...its crazy...

Thanks,
Jon


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