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Nov 1, 2026 9:20 PM UTC
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If an image is labeled “Generated with AI. Editorial use must not be misleading or deceptive” can it an extended license be purchased, incorporated into an product and the product sold?

Hello! Here is my situation: I purchase the extended rights of adobe stock images. I incorporate these images into the worship PowerPoint templates that I sell online. If an image is labeled “Generated with AI. Editorial use must not be misleading or deceptive” can I purchase an extended license, create a worship PowerPoint, and sell it online? In my product description, I do include that the image is AI-generated.

    daniellei4510
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    Nov 1, 2026 10:39 PM UTC

    As per Adobe, “Extended Licensed assets may be used in merchandize, templates, or other products for resale.” Your description for how the asset will be used doesn’t sound like Editorial use to me.

     

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    Jill_C
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    Nov 2, 2026 7:19 AM UTC

    By definition AI images cannot be Editorial. Editorial images are real places. 

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    Jill C., Forum Volunteer
    Nancy OShea
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    Nov 2, 2026 1:19 AM UTC

    Editorial Use Only content in Stock cannot contain Generative AI. Stock submission requirements don’t allow AI,  

    only real photos and manually created content are accepted into the Illustrative Editorial Collection.

     

    What you do with Stock assets is your own affair, providing you have an Extended License to sell it as merchandise.

     

     

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    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    daniellei4510
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    Community Expert
    Nov 1, 2026 10:39 PM UTC

    As per Adobe, “Extended Licensed assets may be used in merchandize, templates, or other products for resale.” Your description for how the asset will be used doesn’t sound like Editorial use to me.

     

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    Participant
    Nov 1, 2026 11:15 PM UTC

    Thank you!

     

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