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Title: Which type of licence for facebook usage
Post by: JPSDK on July 06, 2013, 05:53

Which type of licence do you need to use a picture commercially on FB?
affiliate links and such.

Title: Re: Which type of licence for facebook usage
Post by: Ron on July 06, 2013, 06:00

Isnt that considered to be use of the image on a website?

Title: Re: Which type of licence for facebook usage
Post by: Sean Locke Photography on July 06, 2013, 06:05

Quote from: Ron on July 06, 2013, 06:00

Isnt that considered to be use of the image on a website?

Yep, nothing special.

Title: Re: Which type of licence for facebook usage
Post by: JPSDK on July 06, 2013, 06:16

Thanks, you guys!

Title: Re: Which type of licence for facebook usage
Post by: roede-orm on July 07, 2013, 00:37

Quote from: Ron on July 06, 2013, 06:00

Isnt that considered to be use of the image on a website?

That's not true. Some agencies (Panthermedia, Clipdealer, YAY) offer special "social media licences".

Title: Re: Which type of licence for facebook usage
Post by: MichaelJayFoto on July 07, 2013, 02:15

As long as you use an image for an ad on Facebook, there shouldn't be any special considerations as it is the same use as with a website banner ad.

But uploading an image to a profile or page grants Facebook rights of re-distribution and re-licensing etc. Basically you lose control over the distribution of the image which might conflict with the standard licenses at many agencies.

So you might want to check with any agency specifically what their rules are.

Title: Re: Which type of licence for facebook usage
Post by: ShadySue on July 07, 2013, 04:34

Quote from: MichaelJayFoto on July 07, 2013, 02:15

So you might want to check with any agency specifically what their rules are.

And check with any affiliate/partner sites too. As was highlighted in a post here a couple of months back, TS allows extremely liberal Fb use.
http://www.microstockgroup.com/general-stock-discussion/lots-of-travel-images-in-high-resolution-%282048px%29-on-facebook/msg314242/#msg314242 (http://www.microstockgroup.com/general-stock-discussion/lots-of-travel-images-in-high-resolution-%282048px%29-on-facebook/msg314242/#msg314242)