Account lockout

[Guest]

Hi, good morning, I was writing because it's been more than 3 weeks since my Adobe stock account was blocked because I had supposedly broken the rules by posting photos of famous artists created with AI. But I didn't post photos of famous artists, I uploaded photos of long-deceased historical figures like Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, etc. So I'm not breaking the rules. I already sent the answer more than 3 weeks ago, to the adobe stock email in which they sent me the reasons and to the contact us section, but I do not receive a response
All photos are marked as illustrations, and as created with ia. I would like to know how long it usually takes to unlock the account.

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[Guest]

I need a solution please!

[Abambo · Accepted solution]

Martin Luther King,

By @Deleted User

Martin Luther King is not a “long deceased historical figure”. He died only 55 years ago. You can't post pictures of such people without a model release. So you're breaking the rules. Sorry.

You need to wait for Adobe to answer you. None else can provide you with a solution. Sorry for that.

[George_F]

Also, I believe Abraham Lincoln is trademarked.  There are images/paintings of him in the public domain, but I'm not sure if his likeness is open for use.

[Abambo]

You can't trademark Abraham Lincoln. The "Lincoln" car is probably trademarked for cars, but it will be difficult to claim ownership about the name, given the general use of that name. You can't claim ownership of certain general use words, and the "Apple" trademark is only due to the identification of the trademark with the company. If you would register the trademark "Potato" you would fail. If you would create a multimillion "Potato" business, you could protect it. BTW, Apple lost a trademark dispute in Luxembourg against a restaurant company called "An Apple a Day"! Apple isn't in the restaurant business, so there is no trouble with that name.

Trademarks are quite complex. I worked for the trademark office of my company, and I wrote our guide for using and marking our companies trademarks. 

[daniellei4510]

Apple Records also sued Apple Computer way back in the day. Apple records lost the case but Apple Computer had to agree that they would never get into the music business. Which, of course, they eventually did. (Which is why it took years before Apple Records would agree to let Apple Computer sell Beatles songs on their music platform. Anyway, that is why one of the the first sound notifications used by Apple Computer was call Sosumi. In other words, "So sue me."

[Abambo]

I know! Trademarks can be a beast… We tried to register Metro for an industrial system in a copper refining plant. We needed to fend of Metro, the German retail chain, not even the French/Paris Metro (underground), probably the mother of all Metro right holders. 🤑

We are not in retail, they are not in metals, so that was no real problem at the end, but it all costs money, for a product that is not sold that often. Trademarks, however, are helping us to fend of competitors, by naming their devices the same as our devices.