> On Apr 8, 2023, at 5:13 PM, charles meyer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> My esteemed listmates,
> 
> I found an arrow in Word > Online Pictures I wanted to use in a class I'm
> teaching offered free at the public library.
> 
> How can I know using  it in a handout won't be a copyright violation?
> 
> We have a licenser to use MS Office at the library.
> 
> Is that enough?
> 
> Is the arrow "embedded" with a Creative Commons code?

I don’t know for sure, but I would think that if Microsoft was providing people with copyrighted images to use in documents that they’d get sued themselves.

Your defense would be that it was Microsoft that provided you with the image.

They used to supply lots of clip art that could be used, but it’s possible that it’s got some license like it can be used from within their software, but not that it’s completely copy left, so other software packages couldn’t use it.

-Joe

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