Licence Types

Standard Licence

Most images on this website are available & sold under a Standard Licence. This means the content can be used by the purchaser for any anything that is legal, not subject to a repeat use of more than 10000 and is not connected to the exclusions of use mentioned below:

  • Political Campaigns
  • Tobacco
  • Alcohol
  • Pornography
  • Political Demonstrations, protests and marches
  • Products for resale

– Editorial Use

Images required & purchased used for use in newspapers, magazines, journals, books and website blogs are considered editorial use. The images will not be used in a commercial way, – they are being used as information to be either the main topic or support an article that is not an advertisement. That is a huge myth that has been perpetuated for decades and refuses to die. These images are not subject to property or model release.

Images that are marked as “editorial use only” are ones that have not been released for commercial use and have also been taken without the consent of the individuals in the photo. Editorial images don’t have model or property releases, so you won’t be able to use these images for commercial, promotional, advertorial or endorsement purposes.

– Commercial Use

Images supplied & purchased under commercial use, will be likely to be used for advertising on websites, products and in media in a commercial way. Images sold on this website have either a property or model release associated with it unless specified. 

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Extended Licence

Most images on this website are available and sold under a Standard Licence. This means the content can be used by the purchaser for any anything that is legal, not subject to a repeat use of more than 10000 and is not connected to the exclusions mentioned in the Standard Licence section. If the image is required for use that will either exceed 10000 copies or is required for unlimited use, the image can be purchased with an Extended Licence agreement. Certain exclusions still apply and are listed below. The image should not be used for in connection with:

  • Political Campaigns
  • Tobacco
  • Alcohol
  • Pornography
  • Political Demonstrations, protests and marches

– Exclusive Image Rights

Images sold under a Rights-Managed licence are subject to a more expensive fee and are subject to limitations of usage. Purchasing images under this licence gives you exclusive use of the image for any personal or commercial use. Once purchased under this licence, all versions of the the image are removed from our website and all versions will cease to be available for purchase by another person or business. This licence comes with unlimited usage rights which means you can use the image how you like (in line with English law and is subject to exclusions mentioned in the Extended Licence section above)

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