Copyrights and composite images.

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May 26, 2022
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If I buy a extended license on an image and then blend that image with my own images, can I cooyright tbe new composite? What rights do I have with tbe new Image? Ive always have used my own photography to do my composites but with health issues its getting harder to get to places I want to. So was wondering if using stock to create new work gives me any copyrights to new

composite.

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Abambo

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You will never own the copyright on the third-party image. You will own the copyright on your creative work. With an extended licence, you will be able to sell posters or T-shirts with your work printed on.

Look here for more information on licensing: https://community.adobe.com/t5/stock/links-for-licensing-terms/td-p/11366788
(Disclaimer: As always with licensing, this is my interpretation of the rules. I think they are correct and advice is based on reading and interpreting the licence terms and on fair use for both the buyer and the artist/stock company, but I cannot rule out that my interpretation is wrong. I'm not an Adobe employee).

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

richardm26537719Author

Participant

Thanks for tbe response, thats what I need to know, If I can copyright the composite I create. Im aware I wont hold the copyright on the licensed image but I would like to be able to protect the composite I create from multiple images that includes my own photography.

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Legend

I am not a lawyer and what I say is not legal advice, You have copyright, on your creativity. So does everyone else, on what they create. So you do not have exclusive copyright. You cannot, for example, submit the result to stock agencies, or anyone who requires you to own the copyright. You get only the rights in the license, making a composite does not change that. If unsure about license terms, Adobe will not discuss or clarify, you need doecislust legal advice.

richardm26537719Author

Participant

So what you are saying is that I wont be able to license my creation to someone If it includes a licensed image? Im not sure why adobe wouldn't want to clarify their terms. This is why Ive avoided using stock in my composites, it seems like no one has a straigjt answer.

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"Im not sure why adobe wouldn't want to clarify their terms. "

Here is my theory. If there is ever a dispute about copyright, and it goes to a court, then the court will look ONLY at the license terms that were written. You will not be able to say in court that an employee told you it is ok.. only the actual words (not the intention) matter. So Adobe, I imagine, forbid their employees from offering promises that might not be valid.

Your question, if you think about it, isn't really just about Adobe stock. It's about the copyright status of work which includes someone else's copyright work, and what you can do with it, in addition to the terms of Adobe's licenses (which do not overrule copyright law in your country, but which may be more restrictive in permitted uses). This is why you need legal advice.

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