Is there an Adobe Stock representative here? They don't respond to emails. I don't understand Adobe Stock's terms and conditions. Adobe Stock requires copyright or a license for the work in its terms and conditions, but in another sentence it says something completely different, contradicting itself.
"You must own or control all the rights to the files you submit to Adobe Stock."
"Don't submit content that's partially based on the work of other artist"
https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/ip-guidelines.html
I contacted a representative of a 3D asset marketplace and also contacted the asset creator.
I asked a simple question: does a 3D asset purchased under a Royalty Free commercial license allow graphic renders? Do I have the copyright to the renders for my render compositions? Can I sell such renders to stock agencies?
The marketplace representative and the asset creator replied that I do hold the copyright to the renders with my compositions from the assets purchased from them and that I can sell the renders to stock agencies.
However, Adobe Stock didn't answer my simple question: can I sell such renders according to their unclear terms and conditions?
This is unprofessional for such a large company.
Don't know about that but you can upload and sell these by the truck load! 100% acceptance rate!
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FgkCk4fWIAAtBlW.jpg)
This company sold its soul a while ago. Guess who bought it back...
Quote from: Pacesetter on September 26, 2025, 12:26
Don't know about that but you can upload and sell these by the truck load! 100% acceptance rate!
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FgkCk4fWIAAtBlW.jpg)
Fanstastic! Yeah!!! ;D
Quote from: userpoland on September 26, 2025, 11:40
Is there an Adobe Stock representative here? They don't respond to emails. I don't understand Adobe Stock's terms and conditions. Adobe Stock requires copyright or a license for the work in its terms and conditions, but in another sentence it says something completely different, contradicting itself.
"You must own or control all the rights to the files you submit to Adobe Stock."
"Don't submit content that's partially based on the work of other artist"
https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/ip-guidelines.html
I contacted a representative of a 3D asset marketplace and also contacted the asset creator.
I asked a simple question: does a 3D asset purchased under a Royalty Free commercial license allow graphic renders? Do I have the copyright to the renders for my render compositions? Can I sell such renders to stock agencies?
The marketplace representative and the asset creator replied that I do hold the copyright to the renders with my compositions from the assets purchased from them and that I can sell the renders to stock agencies.
However, Adobe Stock didn't answer my simple question: can I sell such renders according to their unclear terms and conditions?
This is unprofessional for such a large company.
The question is not so easy to answer.
Often, with free 3D files, it is not permitted to simply render the individual file and sell it for commercial purposes. You should carefully read the source of your free 3D data to find out exactly what is permitted.
And then there may be another problem: the person who created the 3D data and offers it for free use may also have committed a copyright infringement. For example, they may have replicated a protected design without being aware of it.
Therefore, it is important to know which specific 3D files you are referring to that you want to render. Adobe does not know the terms and conditions of the 3D model provider you mentioned. Do you expect them to?
There is 3D data available from commercial 3D databases that you have to pay for. To my knowledge, renderings of this data have always been accepted by Adobe (even when they contained protected designs).
Thanks. You're right that free 3D models under the CC0 license can violate texture licenses because their origins are unknown. That's correct. Free 3D models or those paid for under a commercial royalty-free license cannot be sold entirely on a plain background. You have to create some compositions for renders, etc.
There are also websites with free textures and HDRIs with the CC0 license for creating 3D models and graphic renders, so such designs can be legally created commercially for sale in stock agencies, but they cannot be original files without other elements added.
It's better to avoid free 3D models under the CC0 license. It's safer to buy 3D models under a commercial royalty-free license from marketplaces like Superhivemarket or other websites where the terms and conditions don't prohibit the creation of commercial renders for stock agencies.
You should be careful with other marketplaces like tubosquid, which prohibits purchasing 3D models for commercial rendering and selling them to stock agencies, or cgtrader, where a purchased 3D model can be partially used in a render but cannot be the main motif in a render for sale to stock agencies. Superhivemarket doesn't have such strict restrictions on 3D models for commercial renderings, and there's no rule about where renderings can and cannot be sold.
I just don't understand what Adobe Stock is talking about with its terms and conditions and the provision:
"Do not upload content that is partially based on the work of another artist."
This undermines copyright for CGI artists. Copyright is automatic if the render was legally created from 3D models purchased under a royalty-free commercial license, and the terms and conditions on Superhivemarket don't prohibit commercial use in renders.
Do Adobe Stock and other agencies require additional written intellectual property consent from the dozens of 3D model sellers on Superhivemarket for each 3D model used in a landscape render?