Right now, I’m working with finding a solution that will allow me to post the readings I do online with the spreads. The main issue is that the publishers have very strict regulations about copyright, and you certainly would not be allowed to put up any of their images online (I checked).
So the solution is a) to search for freeware tarot, distributed under the General Public License, or b) to create my own set. The freeware search has yielded a few suitable sets, but honestly, I’m not sure about the copyright issue. Some have been listed simply because their creator didn’t say anything about copyright. Another set is a pop-culture collage, which includes photographs of celebrities, so that’s pretty murky.
The best bet seems to be the Colman-Smith set, which was released as a gift to the community by an artist who redesigned the Rider-Waite deck, which used to be considered royalty-free, but has been declared to legally belong to U.S. Games. I’m on the fence on that one, since it’s part of a a really complicated copyright case.
So right now, I’m seriously considering option b), which I’ve thought about doing many a time. Will need to be simple though, as I haven’t much time. Hmm…
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