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Hi everyone,
I want to use an image for a crowd fund project on IG (instagram) that I downloaded from Stock. I have a licence but thats only up till 500.000 views..
Its only for the launch and then the community will take it over (will be on the picture).
I want to contact the photographer himself but that seems impossible.
Can I still use the pictures?
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You must respect the view license. You continue to be responsible for the license and violations of it if you "hand over" things because you can't hand over a Stock license. It's hard to recommend Adobe Stock if you want something like a "community" to be responsible, because someone has to have signed a license (so they can be sued on a violation of it). A special arrangement with a photographer might be best, or work under a more open license.
Adobe provide no way to contact the original photographer, but you can check their profile in Adobe Stock to see if they give a contact, and you can also try Google Image Search.