Hearts Clipart Usage Rights

Usage Rights

At HeartsandHearts.com, hearts graphics/clipart are offered which you may download and use free of charge. It is important that you understand that the hearts graphics are copyrighted. You have permission to download and use them for your own projects, but this does not mean that they are in the public domain and it does not transfer the copyright to you.

How can the free graphics be used?

You may use the free heart graphics that are available on HeartsandHearst.com for just about any purpose, both non-profit and commercial.

What you may not do is include or redistribute any of them (meaning the unchanged images whether you have resized, recolored or renamed them) in any form of collection. This means you may not offer them for download from your own website, in a download file, a CD, DVD or any other means of digital distribution.

You may not use the hearts graphics on websites or in projects that are offensive, such as sites or projects that promote hate, discrimination or pornography. You may not use them on sites that attack visitors browsers, promote piracy or offer pirated digital files.

Examples of Usage:

Here are some examples of usage that may help to make things clearer to you:

You download one or more hearts graphics and use them to create a website design for your company or your website design client. This is okay.
You use the hearts graphics in a background for Powerpoint. This is okay.
You incorporate them into greeting cards or stationary that is printed from the web or that you print yourself and sell. This is okay. Note: if you are creating print products or items, you should actually purchase our Graphics Kits, as they contain print resolution transparent versions of the hearts images and you'll get a much better quality product from them.
You create a scrapbook layout using the hearts graphics in the design and offer the scrapbook layout online. This is okay. Again, you should consider buying the Graphics kits for scrapbook layouts as they are in a higher resolution that works better for scrapbooking layouts.
You download some or all of the hearts images and offer them as hearts images to download on your website, or put them on a CD full of graphics that you sell or give away - this is NOT OK. Note: If you really want to resell the graphics, consider purchasing our Graphics Kits basic resale licenses.

Requirement for Usage:

The free hearts images that are on the website are what are called "linkware." What this means is that if you use the graphics, you need to place a live link to our website that acknowledges the use of the graphics or that simply links to our website. It doesn't have to be on the page on which you use the graphics and it doesn't have to be with any product you produce with them -- it can be on your links page or somewhere on your site. This needs to be an active link, not just a text link that no one can click on.

We really like seeing how you ended up using the graphics on your website or project, so we would really like it if you send us a sample or link to what you've created. A bonus is that if what you have created is a good fit with our website, we'll add the link to our site as an example of how people are using the graphics or just because we think our visitors would find your site helpful or useful in their quest for hearts and heart related graphics.

HeartsandHearts.com Website:

You may not use any of the graphics that make up the layout/design of the HeartsandHearts.com website. You can make a screenshot of the site to use to affiliate link to us.

Further Questions about Usage:

If you've read all of this and it made no sense to you or you have something you want to do that just doesn't seem to be covered or you want some kind of special permission, just contact us for more information or with your question.

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