buttons programs or pages

[Burt, David]

David Burt wrote:

>>I have always just downloaded buttons I liked from other sites, then
>>changed them using PaintShop or Lviewpro to the way I want them to look.
>>There are some good button collections available at:
>>http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/World_Wide_Web/Page_>>D
esign_and_Layout/Graphics/Icons/

JQ Johnson wrote:
>Note that if a button image is *really* neat, then its author will probably
>want to assert his or her copyright on the image, which would make this
>problematic (creating a derivative work is one of the rights granted by
>copyright to the author).  It's usually a good practice to ask before
>copying or modifying an image found on the web, unless the context includes
>explicit permission to use and modify the images.

Note that the sites I was suggesting people take "really neat" buttons
from are free, public domain archives of buttons, or they are companies
explicitly selling buttons.
Just in case some button-down copyright lawyer is on this list.


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