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December 23, 2021
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What does Adobe Stock do with the work of a contributor that decides to leave the platform?

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In the Adobe Stock Contributor Agreement, it is stated that a contributor "Grants them (the company) a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, fully-paid, and royalty-free license to use, reproduce, publicly display, publicly perfom, distribute, index, translate, and modify the Work for the purposes of operating the Website, presenting, distributing, marketing, promoting, and licensing the Work to users; developing new features and services; archiving the Work; and protecting the Work."

The document defines "Work(s) as the content created by a contributor that they submit to the platform, including descriptions, credits, captions, etc.

 

My question is, What does Adobe Stock do with the Work of a contributor that decides to no longer upload their designs and leaves the platform or deletes their contributor account. Does the word "perpetual" mean that Adobe Stock can reserve the right to continue to display and distribute their work after a contributor leaves? Does Adobe Stock archive the contributor's content in their servers or permanently delete them?

 

I am not a contributor, but I am considering the idea of doing it, and this question just popped up in my mind. 

 

Hopefully someone can anwer. Have a good day y'all.

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Correct answer Nancy OShea

Read the TERMS.

 

Termination:

"9.2 Effect of Termination. We may continue to use the Work solely for internal archival and reference purposes
or as stated in this section 9.2. Sections 1, 4, 5, 6.1 (if Adobe has any payment obligations), 6.2, 8, and 9 will
survive the termination of these Terms. Any licenses granted to our end users or to us prior to the date of
termination or prior to the removal of any Work from the Website will survive the termination of these Terms."

 

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Nancy OShea
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January 28, 2022
Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
Nancy OShea
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January 27, 2022

When you quit your job, your former employer can keep using the work you created for them.

 

If you quit Adobe Stock, Stock customers who purchased your work can keep using it.  But new customers won't have access to it. 

Make sense?

 

 

 

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
Abambo
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January 28, 2022
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If you quit Adobe Stock, Stock customers who purchased your work can keep using it.


By @Nancy OShea

Even so, I suspect that they can't redownload it. So, even stock customers who are not organized enough to store licenced assets away, won't be able to get a new copy of the corresponding asset. But yes, they can keep using it in accordance with the licencing terms.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
Nancy OShea
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Nancy OSheaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
January 28, 2022

Read the TERMS.

 

Termination:

"9.2 Effect of Termination. We may continue to use the Work solely for internal archival and reference purposes
or as stated in this section 9.2. Sections 1, 4, 5, 6.1 (if Adobe has any payment obligations), 6.2, 8, and 9 will
survive the termination of these Terms. Any licenses granted to our end users or to us prior to the date of
termination or prior to the removal of any Work from the Website will survive the termination of these Terms."

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
Jill_C
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January 27, 2022

No, it means that the Buyers who previously licensed your images can continue to use them; however Adobe Stock will remove all of your assets if you decide to leave the platform and no longer offer them to new Buyers for further licensing.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer