| What is
royalty-free? Royalty-free photography was pioneered by Canadian company iStockphoto in 1999. Today, iStockphoto represents some 30,000 photographers world wide, and their collection is climbing towards 5 million. There is more than one royalty-free web site, but iStockphoto is the original and still the best. The advantages of royalty-free Royalty-free photographs are high-quality because they are produced to professional standards. Even so, they are inexpensive because they are available to all – no one is ever granted exclusive rights to any photograph. Once you have bought a royalty-free photograph you can use it forever, within the terms of the License. Because you do not own copyright of the picture, you can only re-sell the image under special license, so there are some restrictions. |
Using
royalty-free photographs
from iStockphoto Here are some examples of permitted uses: * advertising and promotional projects including printed materials, product packaging, presentations, film and video presentations, commercials, catalogues, brochures, promotional greeting cards and postcards (not for resale or license); * entertainment applications such as books and book covers, magazines, newspapers, editorials, newsletters, and video, broadcast and theatrical presentations; * on-line or electronic publications including web pages, to a maximum of 800 x 600 pixels; * prints, posters (i.e. a hardcopy) and other reproductions for personal use (or promotional purposes as specified above) but not for resale, license or other distribution; and * any other uses approved in writing by iStockphoto. Usually, you can reproduce a royalty-free photo up to 500,000 times before any additional license is needed. If you are not sure, iStockphoto’s Client Relations team will help. |