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intellectual property ?

Forum|Forum|7 years ago
April 4, 2018
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Hello, sometimes I'm a bit skeptical about pictures refusal. I upload pictures recently of the city of Avignon, south of France showing the city including famous Palais des Papes and battlements at sunset. All pictures have been refused because of Intellectual property. Having a look at the Adobe Stock site, I can see many pictures of the city quite similar in their content. Mine were taken from a high point just behind the battlements and there is no sign of any intellectual property (trade mark or people..). Curiously one of the set of 9 was accepted but still not appears on my portfolio. Does the pope suddenly claim for property of this medieval monument ? Please if you can give me some feed back, I would much appreciate clear answer ! All the Best ! Dom

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Ricky336

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It is most probably due to the fact that the entire photo is of this palace - which probably is privately owned. I've looked up this palace and you have to buy a ticket to enter €12 -so this means you need a property release or some kind of written permission to use for commercial purposes being the key word! As for the other photos I can only guess that Adobe are being a lot more careful with such images now (Unless they have releases). Especially that uploading images to stock sites now is so easy! Therefore these micro stock sites now have to be so much more careful in accepting images.

This link is from the Palais des Pope with info about a press release. This would come under commercial purposes!!

Service presse | Palais des Papes - Avignon

You really have to do your research these days!

BootDAuthor

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Yes but No, I uploaded some larger views of the city and they were refused as well ... and if you read the press release of Avignon municipality it says : "Nous vous rappelons qu’une autorisation préalable fournie par le service presse est nécessaire pour tournage ou prises de vues à usage professionnel "dans" le monument- Prior authorisation from the Press Department is required for filming or shooting film for professional purposes in the Palace of the Popes. That means "Inside" not outside... but it's subject to interpretation , of course...

I'm not complaining at all but try to figure out and help others to, as well.

Many thanks for all of you for your contributions !

joanH

Inspiring

Thanks for bringing it up. It is fun and informative and for me, also helpful. JH

joanH

Inspiring

Here is a copy of the correct answer to this question. Some of it mentions that you must search the legal limitations set. I do like your photo. JH

Correct AnswerRe: Violation of the Intellectual Property Code.

marog-pixcells Nov 7, 2017 5:42 AM

If your files contain certain elements that are protected by intellectual property laws, we can’t accept them into our collection. For more information, review our Legal guidelines. These measures are in place to protect you, our contributor, as well as our customers and Adobe Stock."

--> Reasons content is rejected at Adobe Stock

BootDAuthor

Inspiring

Hummm...I know the rules ...but can you tell me why there is dozens of pictures of Avignon on the Adobe website (Have a look !) which according to the refusal I had , do not have to be approved, no ? Just try to understand :-).... Dom

joanH

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Dom, Glad you are trying to understand. I just printed out five pages of legal information about Adobe license for anywhere in the world. Yes, it is complicated. If you do read the information on the pages suggested to you, you will probably come to the conclusion that we have to -- trust that Adobe is not comfortable with at least one of the hundreds of regulations.

The regulations vary place to place, town to town. Understand, Adobe is not just protecting its self but also every stock contributor. We will likely soon have more copyright regulations, not fewer.

Your viewing of dozens of accepted pictures appears to deal with specific conditions which are unknown to us for now. I thought I knew the rules too but there are different rules for each sale depending upon what is to be used and where and even for how long. Keep reading. Or just accept the reply and refusal. We are all learning. Regards, JH

Correct AnswerRe: Violation of the Intellectual Property Code.

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