Sharing licensed stock images with client

Question

I have scoured the community forum and read the license information and terms multiple times, but can not find an absolute YES or NO answer to my situation, which is surely very common.

I have an enterprise wide Adobe CC license through my company, which includes the Pro Edition of Adobe Stock. We are developing a report for a client using InDesign and have used several licensed Adobe Stock photos in the report.

The client wants to develop a website version of the report on their .gov website and wants to use the same images we used in the InDesign version for consistency. They do not have a license to Adobe Stock. Can we send them the photos we licensed so they can use them in their web-version of the report?

Thank you.

Abambo · Answer

I do not know the specific terms of the Pro Edition. I know that you have unrestricted access to the assets in Adobe stock, and that this access will stop when you cancel the subscription. You will not be able to use the assets for a new project, even for the same customer. But I do not know about the sublicencing terms. If you can send them, you would need to restrict the access to the website.

Without involving a lawyer specialized in that matter, the easy solution would be for them to buy credit packs or to take a monthly subscription to licence the assets in their name.

Look here for more information on licensing: https://community.adobe.com/t5/stock/links-for-licensing-terms/td-p/11366788
(Disclaimer: As always with licensing, this is my interpretation of the rules. I think they are correct and advice is based on reading and interpreting the licence terms and on fair use for both the buyer and the artist/stock company, but I cannot rule out that my interpretation is wrong. I'm not an Adobe employee).

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