Hello Everybody!
I'm new to this forum, but have been shooting stock for a couple of years now.
Here is my question: Is there any license provided by any microstock agency that allows somebody to buy my images and then sell prints of it (without any modification) without even crediting the photographer?
Almost all the agencies offer an extended license (more money for more rights) to cover this sort of use. Some of them have a limit on how many copies (although how that would ever been enforced is a big question).
Many agencies let you opt out of extended licenses so you can skip that sort of license if you plan to sell your own prints.
For example, here are Shutterstock's rules:
IMAGE LICENSES
A STANDARD IMAGE LICENSE grants you the right to use Images:
As a digital reproduction, including on websites, in online advertising, in social media, in mobile advertising, mobile "apps", software, e-cards, e-publications (e-books, e-magazines, blogs, etc.), and in online media (including on video-sharing services such as YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo, etc., subject to the budget limitations set forth in sub-paragraph I.a.i.4 below);
Printed in physical form as part of product packaging and labeling, letterhead and business cards, point of sale advertising, billboards, CD and DVD cover art, or in the advertising and copy of tangible media, including magazines, newspapers, and books provided no Image is reproduced more than 500,000 times in the aggregate;
As part of an "Out-of-Home" advertising campaign, provided the intended audience for such campaign is less than 500,000 gross impressions.
Incorporated into film, video, television series, advertisement, or other multimedia productions for distribution in any medium now known or hereafter devised (each a "Production"), without regard to audience size, provided the budget for any such Production does not exceed USD $10,000;
For your own personal, non-commercial use (not for resale, download, distribution, or any commercial use of any kind).
AN ENHANCED IMAGE LICENSE grants you the right to use Images:
In any manner permitted under a Standard Image License, without any limitation on the number of reproductions, impressions, or budget;
Incorporated into merchandise intended for sale or promotional distribution (collectively "Merchandise"), including, without limitation, textiles, artwork, magnets, wall-art, calendars, toys, stationery, greeting cards, and any other physical reproduction for resale or distribution,
provided that such Merchandise incorporates material creative or functional elements apart from the Image(s).
In wall art (and without requiring further creative or functional elements) for decorative purposes in a commercial space owned by you or your client, and not for sale. Incorporated as elements of digital templates for sale or distribution.
Nowhere here can I see that it is allowed. I specifically marked in bold the relevant lines that restrict such usage. Is there something I am missing?
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