copyright and usage

[pjborg]

I have Microsoft Clipart Gallery that came with Microsoft Home Publisher
2000, a short lived program that no longer exists anywhere that I can see.
Assuming I purchased the program legitimately - I did - am I able to
use/distribute the clipart in the same way someone with a Microsoft Office
license can? i.e. not as part of a logo, and not as an intrinsic part of the
offering i.e. as a clipart collection of some sort?

Also, can I alter the clipart in any way? Can I use a graphics program such
as Paint Shop Pro to change the clipart such that it looks quite different -
sometimes unrecognizably so - from the original, and then distribute that?
Thanks very much.

 

[Mary Sauer]

The EULA still applies. There is no reason why you cannot disassemble the
clipart and edit the images if you adhere to the license.
Make clip art look original in Publisher
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011196801033.aspx

 

[John Inzer]

I have Microsoft Clipart Gallery that came with Microsoft
Home Publisher 2000, a short lived program that no longer
exists anywhere that I can see. Assuming I purchased the
program legitimately - I did - am I able to
use/distribute the clipart in the same way someone with a
Microsoft Office license can? i.e. not as part of a logo,
and not as an intrinsic part of the offering i.e. as a
clipart collection of some sort?

Also, can I alter the clipart in any way? Can I use a
graphics program such as Paint Shop Pro to change the
clipart such that it looks quite different - sometimes
unrecognizably so - from the original, and then
distribute that? Thanks very much.

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Microsoft Home Publishing / Picture It!...
evolved into Picture It! Publishing 2001/2002...
and is now called MS Digital Image Suite.

FWIW...if you still have .php projects from
HP2000...any version of Picture It! / Digital
Image should open them successfully.

As for the clipart...I'm sure you are aware
that purchasing the program legitimately
does not mean you own the artwork. The
included art is/was intended to be used
as a component of the various projects.

Maybe the following links will be useful:

Use of Microsoft Copyrighted Content
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/permission/default.mspx

End-User License Agreement
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tou.aspx

Using Microsoft's Clipart
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum36/1801.htm