Licenses & Terms

License terms and usage policy. Links to specific sections are used in image metadata (e.g. licensable images).

Personal Use License

Intent: Non-commercial use by an individual for private purposes.

1. Grant. Licensor grants Licensee a non-exclusive, non-transferable, perpetual license to use the licensed image(s) for personal, non-commercial purposes only.

2. Permitted uses. Personal projects; private sharing with family or friends; personal education and practice. Display in a private (non-public) context is allowed.

3. Prohibited uses. Any commercial use; advertising or promotion; client work; products or services offered for sale; public marketing; resale, redistribution, or sublicensing of the file; claiming authorship of the original work.

4. Attribution. If Licensee shares the image in a permitted private context, credit to the photographer is appreciated but not required unless Licensor states otherwise in writing.

5. Reservation of rights. All rights not expressly granted remain with Licensor. This license does not transfer copyright.

Commercial License

Intent: Business and client use, including marketing, with standard commercial limits.

1. Grant. Licensor grants Licensee a non-exclusive, non-transferable, perpetual, worldwide license to use the licensed image(s) for commercial purposes as described below.

2. Permitted uses. Commercial projects and client deliverables; marketing and promotional materials; websites, social media, and presentations for Licensee’s business; limited use in products for sale where the image is incidental to the product (not the primary item sold as stock).

3. Prohibited uses. Reselling or redistributing the digital file as standalone stock or as a competing library asset; sublicensing the raw file to unrelated third parties; claiming ownership of the original work; use that is unlawful, defamatory, or misleading as to endorsement by subjects or Licensor.

4. Exclusivity. Unless separately agreed in writing, this license is non-exclusive. Licensor may license the same image to others.

5. Reservation of rights. Copyright and all other rights not expressly granted remain with Licensor.

Extended Commercial License

Intent: Broad commercial use, including merchandise and higher-volume commercial distribution.

1. Grant. Licensor grants Licensee a non-exclusive, non-transferable, perpetual, worldwide right to use the licensed image(s) for commercial purposes, including products for resale, subject to the limits below.

2. Permitted uses. All uses allowed under a standard Commercial License, plus use on physical merchandise, packaging, book covers, and unlimited print or digital runs for Licensee’s business, unless Licensor and Licensee agree otherwise in writing.

3. Prohibited uses. Reselling or redistributing the unmodified digital file as stock photography or as a competing content product; claiming original authorship of the licensed image; use that is unlawful or defamatory.

4. Modifications. Licensee may crop, color-correct, and create derivative works for the permitted uses. Derivatives do not transfer copyright in the underlying image.

5. Reservation of rights. All rights not expressly granted remain with Licensor. This license does not transfer copyright.

Editorial License

Intent: News, commentary, education, and documentary-style use—not commercial advertising.

1. Grant. Licensor grants Licensee a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the licensed image(s) for editorial purposes as described below.

2. Permitted uses. News reporting and publications; educational materials; documentary and commentary; criticism and review, where the use is informative rather than promotional.

3. Prohibited uses. Commercial advertising or promotional campaigns; implying endorsement by depicted persons, brands, or Licensor; use in a defamatory or unlawful manner; merchandising or product packaging.

4. Releases. Editorial use may proceed without a model or property release. Licensee is responsible for ensuring the context remains editorial and for any claims arising from commercial or misleading use.

5. Reservation of rights. Copyright and all other rights not expressly granted remain with Licensor.

CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution)

Intent: Free sharing and adaptation, including commercial use, with attribution.

This work is offered under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0), to the extent Licensor applies that deed to the licensed image(s).

You may: Share—copy and redistribute in any medium or format; Adapt—remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercially.

Under these terms: Attribution—you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests Licensor endorses you or your use.

No additional restrictions: You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

Full license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

CC BY-NC (Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial)

Intent: Free sharing and adaptation with attribution; commercial use not permitted under this deed.

This work is offered under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC 4.0), to the extent Licensor applies that deed to the licensed image(s).

You may: Share—copy and redistribute in any medium or format; Adapt—remix, transform, and build upon the material.

Under these terms: Attribution—you must give appropriate credit and indicate if changes were made. NonCommercial—you may not use the material for commercial purposes under this license.

No additional restrictions: You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

Full license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode

CC0 (Public Domain Dedication)

Intent: No rights reserved, to the maximum extent permitted by law.

To the extent Licensor associates the licensed image(s) with Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal, Licensor dedicates the work to the public domain by waiving all copyright and related rights worldwide, to the extent allowed by law.

You may copy, modify, distribute, and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without asking permission, subject to any other rights (such as privacy, publicity, or trademark) that may still apply to depicted persons, brands, or places.

Deed: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode

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