Will my account be closed due to intellectual property violation?

[BeratonicStudios]

Hello, what exactly is intellectual property infringement? For example, I create my images by looking at the best-selling works or the latest uploaded assets and getting inspired by them, and I prevent duplicate content by changing the title in a completely original way. However, if this participant sees my presence and objects, will my account be closed? Please, if the answer is yes, I will immediately delete the assets I sent for review.

I've seen someone close their account for this reason before. Well, doesn't everyone do this? So what exactly is the purpose of the “best sellers” page? Isn't it about inspiring people?

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[Jill_C]

Read all of the Learn & Support pages relating to Intellectual Property.

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[Abambo]

This is a highly hypothetical question that cannot be answered with either a clear yes or a clear no. However, the guidelines in this sense are clear: you are not allowed to copy the style or content of other artists. Where the boundary lies between a mere copy and inspiration is certainly not obvious. So in case of doubt, it is certainly better not to publish.

There is a fine line between getting inspired (“Oh, they have plenty of pictures with fancy colours, so let's produce colourful assets.”) and simple copying (“Oh, let's use their pictures to feed my prompts.”). As always, it's your responsibility to do the “right” thing.

[BeratonicStudios]

Yes, you are right, but artificial intelligence never produces the same pictures. It produces something completely different and when I change the title I prevent duplicate content. I just copy the keywords of that entity so there's no problem, right?

[Abambo]

I just copy the keywords of that entity so there's no problem, right?

By @BeratonicStudios

Wrong. 

You will get in trouble, someday, somehow, with such a mentality. That is my personal opinion. 

[BeratonicStudios]

I understand, but why?

There are thousands of contributors using the same or similar keywords. If using successful contributors' keywords directly is a problem, why does Adobe make these keywords visible in published assets?

Regarding titles and content: I usually start by analyzing an entity, for example, "Rocket, rocket, glint soaring through thin clouds at dusk under moonlight." I directly copy these keywords and use them as inspiration to create an AI prompt, resulting in a completely new and different image.

I then change the title to something like "Powerful rocket launched in a bright flash of moonlight through soft clouds at dusk." The result is always unique because AI does not produce identical images.

I respect your personal opinion and thank you for sharing your thoughts. I just wanted to explain my process. As an experienced participant in this market, your advice is valuable and I wanted to seek your guidance on this matter.

[Abambo]

I understand, but why?

By @BeratonicStudios

Because you copy and one day, you will copy too much. It's a matter of time.

[BeratonicStudios]

Okay, so I'm going to delete all my assets that are under review. Thanks

[Abambo]

As a side note: You probably know that there is a stock contributors forum to ask questions relating to contributors. Stock customers would really like to be spared from our small issues, when they browse this stock forum for their customer issues.