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joshv90441114
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January 14, 2022
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Stock licensing inconsistencies

  • January 14, 2022
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When reading the summary information on the Adobe Stock page regarding various license types, vs. the full terms an conditions, I am seeing an inconsistency.  On the summary page, it states that you may not use a standard license on an item for resale where the primary value is associated with the asset.  That implies that if it is not (such as a book cover, or illustration within a book where the primary value is the content of the book), then it would be allowed if the total image is not reporduced more that 500,000 times.  However, in the full terms page section 3.1 B (2) it states that you may not incorporate a work into merchandise intended for sale under the standard license.

 

These 2 statements appear to be at odds.  If I were to use a Stock image on a book cover intended for sale and a handful of others in the book itself, would I require an extended license?  I have seen comments on some other posts indicating it was allowed under the standard license, but that does not appear to be the case from the full terms.

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Test Screen Name
Legend
January 14, 2022

"However, in the full terms page section 3.1 B (2) it states that you may not incorporate a work into merchandise intended for sale under the standard license." 

That doesn't seem to match the 3.1 B (2) I found which says

(2) you may not incorporate a Work into merchandise intended for sale or distribution, including on-demand
products, unless (a) the Work has been modified to the extent that the new work, as incorporated into such
merchandise, is not substantially similar to the Work and can qualify as an original work of authorship; or (b) the
primary value of such merchandise does not lie with the Work itself

I see nothing about " intended for sale under the standard license"

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joshv90441114Author
Participant
January 14, 2022

Refer to the full terms:

 

Adobe Stock Additional Terms (en_US)

 

Section 3.1 (B) (2) is where it states that that "you may not incorporate a Work into merchandise intended for sale or distribution"

 

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Test Screen Name
Legend
January 14, 2022

Yes, that's what I was quoting. However, you only quote half of the first sentence, since it continues with "UNLESS". Still I see no reference to a standard license in that clause. It does sometimes happen that the license varies with where in the world you are, so yours might say something different. Please quote the whole of 3.1 (B) (2) unless it is actually the same as mine.

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