[Clipart] antique clip art site

[Nicu Buculei (OCAL)]

momo wrote:
> Well, if these cliparts are copyright-free, Why not... There are a few 
> great things there!

The site claims:
"These clipart images are ALL from vintage sources, and have been 
scanned, restored, and placed into the Public Domain by AntiqueClipart.com"
So yes, they should really be copyright free. Also, the images are so 
old that the copyright should have expired in any jurisdiction.

I had a look at the images, the version available for free is so small 
in resolution that you can't do an automatic trace (using potrace in 
Inkscape) with good results (example: 
http://antiqueclipart.com/clipart/large/woman-with-fan.jpg) so basically 
you have to redraw it from scratch using the initial jpg mostly as a 
guide or an idea - in my personal opinion to much work to worth the effort.
Sure, there are much simpler images, like 
http://antiqueclipart.com/clipart/large/christmas-holly.jpg where 
automatic trace may work, but it is so simple you can draw it without 
any guides in a matter of minutes.


> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Phillips">
> 
>> Russell from worldlabel.com fwd'd this to me...
>>
>> Can we use these and convert them?
>>
>> http://antiqueclipart.com


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