Re: Poppy

Thank you, Donna. (And thanks to the people who posted earlier) I also have
read your web site about the copyright law. Very informative. Take care.
Cordially, Groucho.

----- Original Message -----
From: Donna M Smillie <dms(at)zetnet.co.uk>
To: <hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: Poppy


> That will vary from one website to another.  The Altavista search will
> simply help you find the images, which, after all, is the first step
> regardless of whether you are looking for free images or can afford to pay
> for the use of an image.  Once you start browsing through the search
> results and find an image you like, you should check the website to find
> out if the image is available for use or not.  Some sites will make it
> clear that the image is legally available for use, either free or on
> payment of a copyright fee.  Some sites will make it clear that the image
> is not available for use.  And the remaining sites (probably the majority)
> won't specify, so an enquiry to the website owner or manager will be
> required, but that isn't a problem - a polite enquiry will, more often
than
> not, receive a polite reply.  And if the reply is "no", accept it with
good
> grace and try another one.  :-)  If you want to be extra careful, you can
> also ask the website owner/manager to confirm that the copyright on the
> image belongs to them, and that they are legally entitled to give
> permission for others to use it.
>
> Regards,
> Donna
> --
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Fernando P�rez Valdez <fpvaldez(at)prodigy.net.mx>
>
> > But are they free to use? I mean, don't you need to pay for them? And
the
> > copyright? Thanks for the help. Cordially, Fernando Perez (Groucho)
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Phil Babcock <pbabcock(at)bgsgroup.com>
> >
> > > Go to www.altavista.com, select the images/audio/video search and type
> > > in poppies or poppy.  You should get a few (thousand) results.
> > >
> > > Reywob(at)aol.com wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Can anyone tell me where I can find a good, free photo of either a
> > > > single poppy of a field of them.
>
>

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