Yes, though it's about your photo being used commercially more than just being a photo. I.e. you can post this shot as an editorial no problem (except Adobe don't have an option to submit editorial, only commercial). When I asked the same question, we could only speculate the reason why such photos exist on here, and we'll likely never know. There's also the chance the person got a release. It may be they just dont have the manpower to search the whole library and recheck with each photographer if there was a proper release in place. Remove markings if you took a photo that wasn't a specific brand/product like yours. For example, you take a cityscape that has a load of hotel names and advertising in shot... remove those logos and the photo is fine for use as a cityscape. You can't recreate artwork in a commercial photo with release, which includes brand logos. Similarly, if you took a shot of birds and a plane was in shot, you remove identifying marks from the plane so it can't be identified. Think about things as products, not what they are. I recognised it as an Osprey, not just 'a funky looking plane', As another example, you couldn't take a photo of a can of coke and say it's just a can of drink, Coke will still take you to court. Adobe are protecting your and their interests, and no doubt swing more towards caution than reason Honestly, half my stuff gets chucked for IP, it's not you
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