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Perhaps we can start a grass root movement for changing this misnomer.
When RF was born it was competing with rights managed (RM) content which required the payment of royalties. ("Royalty" by its definition is a payment for use). So technically a single fee can never be a "Royalty" if perpetual use is allowed. So the problem was keeping Royalty in the name "Royalty free".

Just my 0.02 pesos.

I was actually arguing that "Royalty" should be removed from the new term to avoid the conflicting meaning of "Pay per use". BTW the customers do not "buy an image" they obtain the rights to use an image. Thanks anyways  - we need more votes.

Royalty free is not a problem for the agencies who want to attract the "cheap" buyer. Those will find what they look for and be bored to remove the logos one day.

Type for "free download", "free software" free this free that, you will often be asked to pay at the end. It's a internet thing to insert a free term in web pages, to attract more traffic.

I just noticed that the "Single" in single fee license will include our pictures in all the millions of searches for "Single Ladies that charge a fee"

agree completely - it's an accepted term [with many meanings], and no poll is going to change that:

wrong - NO roylty is paid under a RF license -  the term rf means "no royalties ever need to be paid" and is technically correct.  any other  term using 'single ' or 'free' would imply the image could be used for aNything else; most RF licnese are still restricted and may require addtl payment for various uses.

finally, the old physical stock agencies like getty & corbis used RF in their licenses for what many call RM now --  the alternative was not necessarily RM, but rather an intial fee to get the  image, then required royalties if it was used commercially.  similar termini;logy is used in software.  eg, some progtams require royalties be paid if something made with the program is used elsewhere.

steve

I think there is no point to talk about it because term RF is already in use, but I like the most PO or SF