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Felipe_Infinity_Vision
Participant
May 14, 2026
Question

Seeking clarification regarding Intellectual Property refusals on conceptual AI-generated future infrastructure videos

  • May 14, 2026
  • 6 replies
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Hello,

I would like to better understand recent Intellectual Property refusals affecting my AI-generated video submissions.

My goal with this portfolio is not to imitate real footage, real locations, or existing companies. In fact, my work is specifically focused on creating fictional and conceptual visualizations of possible future scenarios that only generative AI can realistically explore today.

The videos are intended to depict:

  • future infrastructure evolution;
  • advanced energy systems;
  • water and climate adaptation systems;
  • speculative industrial environments;
  • future transportation and logistics concepts;
  • conceptual lunar, Martian, and space exploration environments;
  • possible future urban and technological developments related to AI growth, sustainability, and global infrastructure challenges.

I intentionally avoid:

  • real locations;
  • real brands;
  • famous landmarks;
  • copyrighted characters;
  • existing companies;
  • documentary-style metadata;
  • news-style presentation.

All content is properly marked as generative AI, and the metadata is carefully written to describe fictional, conceptual, and speculative environments.

The purpose of this content is to provide high-quality conceptual visualizations that may be useful for:

  • presentations;
  • educational material;
  • future-oriented storytelling;
  • scientific and technological concepts;
  • infrastructure visualization;
  • commercial creative projects.

However, many submissions are still being rejected for Intellectual Property reasons, and I would sincerely appreciate clarification regarding what specific elements may currently be triggering these refusals.

I truly want to fully comply with Adobe Stock guidelines and improve the quality and safety of my submissions.

Thank you very much for any guidance.

    6 replies

    Felipe_Infinity_Vision
    Participant
    May 14, 2026

    Thank you very much again for all the feedback and help.
     

    So in your opinion, would it be worth trying to resubmit the exact same videos again, but with much simpler and more natural keywords? Or once a video has already been rejected for IP, would you recommend avoiding resubmitting the same file and instead applying these improvements only to future uploads?
     

    After reading your comments, I realized I may have over-optimized the metadata and relied too heavily on compound keywords instead of using more natural buyer-oriented search terms.
     

    For example, for the lunar residential video, I was thinking about simplifying the keywords to something more like:

    moon, lunar, colony, drone, aerial, futuristic, habitat, residential, sci fi, space, architecture, night, glowing windows, futuristic homes, settlement, moon base, cinematic, technology, space colony, future, modular buildings, housing, drone footage, futuristic city, pathway, low altitude, realistic, exploration, innovation, modern, astronomy, outer space, science fiction, habitat modules, engineering, infrastructure, urban design, advanced technology, environment, cinematic view

     

    And for the Mars industrial facility:

    mars, drone, aerial, futuristic, industry, industrial facility, solar panels, solar field, mining, colony, sci fi, technology, infrastructure, energy, cinematic, red planet, engineering, futuristic industry, industrial complex, space, mars base, drone footage, architecture, habitat, future, science fiction, exploration, advanced technology, resource facility, metallic structures, dust, landscape, innovation, power, futuristic world, industry concept, industrial design, outer space, cinematic view, technology concept
     

    Do these look more natural and buyer-oriented to you, or would you still recommend reducing the number of keywords even further?

     

    I genuinely want to make this work because I’ve been producing a large amount of high-quality conceptual content focused on future infrastructure, future energy systems, future cities, industrial evolution, and speculative environments that I believe could add value to the Adobe Stock library.
     

    Maybe I simply tried too hard to optimize the metadata instead of keeping it more human and search-oriented.
     

    What else would you recommend I test with future uploads to improve my chances of acceptance?
     

    And one final question:
    is there any actual channel where contributors can directly communicate with Adobe’s review team regarding refusals, or are these reviews mostly automated with no direct communication possible?
     

    Thank you again for your time and guidance.

    daniellei4510
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    May 14, 2026

    Your last question: No. Moderators’ decisions are final.

     

    The rest is a “What would I do?” question. I presently have two assets that were rejected for IP issues that I am 100% certain were rejected for the wrong reason (one was a knight on a chessboard, so maybe the moderator believed generic AI chess pieces are protected) . I’ll wait a few weeks, give them new file names, titles and keywords and try again. So I’m not in any hurry.

    Adobe Community Expert | If you aren't submitting your assets in sRGB, you probably didn't read the rules.
    Felipe_Infinity_Vision
    Participant
    May 14, 2026

    Thank you very much for all the feedback and guidance!

    From what I’m understanding, it may still be worth continuing to submit content while testing alternative titles, more natural keywords, and a wider variety of high-quality scenes and concepts.

    I’ll continue experimenting with some of the videos I’ve created and try to simplify the metadata to make it feel more human, natural, and buyer-oriented instead of over-optimized.

    I truly believe there is value in this type of future-oriented conceptual content, especially involving infrastructure, technology, energy systems, environmental adaptation, and speculative future environments.

    If eventually nothing gets accepted, then maybe I’ll reconsider continuing on the platform, but for now I’ll keep testing and learning.

    Thank you again for taking the time to help and explain your perspective — it was genuinely very useful.

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    May 14, 2026

    The Jeep shape is a patented design.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    May 14, 2026

    Read about Trademarks & Trade Dress below.

    https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/ip-guidelines.html

    Trade dress includes brand colors, shapes & designs. 

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    Jill_C
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    May 14, 2026

    I don’t see anything that would trigger an IP rejection; however, you are much too reliant on compound keywords which actually make your content harder for the buyers to find - should it ever get accepted, that is!

    Jill C., Forum Volunteer
    daniellei4510
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    May 14, 2026

    Well, as far as IP violations are concerned, I’m stumped. And while I suspect it has no bearing on such refusals, I did notice an extremely high number of compound keywords compared to single-word examples. Compound keywords are generally not recommended except in such cases as “studio portrait,” “cargo ship,” etc., and I’d probably even avoid those in practices. Who might think of entering “off world housing” as a search term, for example. Like wise, “futuristic, architecture, space, colony, settlement, cinematic, motion” all work just as well by themselves.

    Adobe Community Expert | If you aren't submitting your assets in sRGB, you probably didn't read the rules.
    daniellei4510
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    May 14, 2026

    Can you post a couple examples here, along with keywords and titles?

    Adobe Community Expert | If you aren't submitting your assets in sRGB, you probably didn't read the rules.
    Felipe_Infinity_Vision
    Participant
    May 14, 2026

    I’m attaching two videos that depict completely fictional future scenarios:

    • one showing residential environments on the Moon;
    • another showing a speculative industrial facility on Mars.

    Both submissions were properly marked as:

    • generative AI content;
    • fictional people/property.

    Because these are entirely fictional environments, I’m struggling to understand what may be triggering the IP refusal.

    Could the issue possibly be related to highly realistic AI-generated video content in general, rather than a specific intellectual property concern?

    I also noticed there is still relatively little high-quality content in this category available on Adobe Stock, which is why I believed these videos could provide useful and differentiated conceptual material for future-oriented commercial and creative projects.

    The titles and keywords used were:

    INFINITY_VISION_000283.mp4
    Title:
    Low altitude drone movement through fictional lunar residential modules with glowing windows

    Keywords:
    "lunar residential district, drone aerial view, residential modules, glowing windows, low altitude, forward movement, Moon surface, narrow pathways, off world housing, futuristic architecture, space colony, human settlement, cinematic motion, strong parallax, intimate scale, modular homes, lunar base, future living, advanced infrastructure, speculative future, science fiction, planetary surface, habitat modules, illuminated interiors, clean composition, architectural detail, exterior view, residential design, settlement pathway, technology, space exploration, future civilization, modular architecture, remote community, urban planning, harsh environment, clean lens view, slow drone movement, commercial footage, visual effects, housing concept, research outpost, off world city, infrastructure, innovation, night glow, cinematic realism, colony life, future society, built environment"

    INFINITY_VISION_000293.mp4
    Title:
    Wide drone aerial view of fictional Mars resource facility with solar fields and tanks

    Keywords:
    "mars resource facility, drone aerial view, solar fields, storage tanks, regolith processing, industrial complex, crater landscape, forward glide, red dust haze, future infrastructure, off world industry, oxygen production, mining facility, wide aerial, cinematic motion, industrial yard, Martian terrain, resource extraction, space colony, advanced infrastructure, speculative future, science fiction, metallic structures, basalt rocks, organized layout, energy infrastructure, processing towers, harsh sunlight, clean composition, heavy industry, remote facility, engineering concept, solar arrays, technology, space exploration, future civilization, commercial industry, visual effects, stock footage, industrial technology, resource network, research outpost, colony support, futuristic design, planetary surface, clean lens view, mining operation, slow movement"

    I would sincerely appreciate any guidance about what specific elements may currently be considered problematic in cases like these.