licensing photography

What’s the difference between rights-managed and royalty-free images?

Published on March 10, 2011

The terms of licens­ing will spec­ify such things as the media in which the RM Image will appear, the name of the end user (e.g. Your client, if applic­a­ble), geo­graph­i­cal dis­tri­b­u­tion, size of repro­duc­tion, dura­tion of use and exclu­siv­ity required. RM licens­ing fees are deter­mined by the spe­cific man­ner in which You will use an RM Image. RF licens­ing fees are fixed, solely based on the size of the RF Image file.

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LICENSING PHOTOGRAPHY: A Photo Buyer’s Guide

Published on September 10, 2010

LICENSING PHOTOGRAPHY: A Photo Buyer’s Guide Most commercial photography is licensed, not sold, for specific…

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Orphan Works update

Published on August 8, 2008

The Orphan Works legislation remains a major concern for photographers and other artists around the…

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Value of Licensed Images: Getty Images

Published on June 10, 2008

Previously confidential financial documents released by one of the world’s leading digital stock agencies indicate…

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