Are the free to download powerpoint templates copyrighted? Can I alter them?

Feb 07, 2018

If I download one of the free powerpoint templates to use, Do I need permission and how do I get permission?

1 Reply
Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard

Hi Oluwakemi, 

You'll find the specifics of this in our Terms of Use here, and here's the relevant piece for you:

(a) Downloadable Assets. An example of a downloadable asset is a PowerPoint template that Articulate provides. You will have a limited, nonexclusive, nontransferable, terminable right to use, reproduce, display, and distribute downloadable assets in a commercial work (including the right to showcase it as part of your portfolio). All other rights are reserved. Accordingly, you may not distribute, modify, or host downloadable assets as your own content (or permit any third party to do so).

So, in plain English you can use the templates in your course creation, you can't resell the templates as your own work. 🙂

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