BigStockPhoto.com
File Usage Agreement

Welcome to the BigStockPhoto.com website (“Website”). You are required to follow the terms and conditions if you use the Website located at www.bigstockphoto.com. Your use of the Website indicates your acceptance of these terms and conditions which applies to all files on the Website.

1. Use of image files.
BigStockPhoto licenses to you the use of image files only as provided below on a nonexclusive and nontransferable basis upon payment of the required fees. All other rights to the image files and any accompanying materials such as copyright are retained by BigStockPhoto and its members.

2. Consent.
You must be at least 18 years of age to use the Website and accept this Agreement. BigStockPhoto may require any registrant provide sufficient proof that are at least 18 years of age. Minors can access BigStockPhoto.com only by having their parent or legal guardian register on their behalf. By opening such an account, the parent or legal guardian authorizes the minor to use and agrees to be bound personally by the terms and conditions of this agreement. BigStockPhoto may elect at its sole discretion to monitor any area or records pertaining the Website for compliance with this agreement or for any other reason.

3. Intellectual Property and Privacy Laws.
You acknowledge that the content available through the Website is the property of BigStockPhoto or its content providers and is protected by copyright and possibly other intellectual property laws. Furthermore, you acknowledge that trademarks and copyrights of the subject matter depicted in the images are subject to protection by intellectual property laws and that you must obtain consent from the owners of the intellectual property when necessary to comply with intellectual property laws. Absent an explicit written statement from BigStockPhoto stating otherwise, you should assume that no consent from persons or owners of property depicted in an image has been given regarding publication and that model and property releases are not available from BigStockPhoto or its content providers. Further, BigStockPhoto makes no claims or warranties as to the validity of the model or property releases associated with any image and such releases should be verified by you and that such usage shall be at your risk.

4. Prohibited Uses.
Without a BigStockPhoto Special License, you may not:
a. print the photo or image as a poster, postcard, greeting card, on a mug, shirt, hat, mouse pad, art print, painting, calendar, book, or gallery or use the image in screensavers, e-card software, web page builders or other systems where the image is shared or distributed to a number of users.
b. display or post images obtained from the BigStockPhoto.com Website in a gallery or library format or size larger than 800 pixels that makes it easy for people to copy, save or steal the photos. If more than 10 images from the Website are being used, size must be no more than 150 pixels in height or width. This is to prevent photos from being freely or easily re-distributed. If your photo is larger than 600 pixels and is an integrated part of a product, design, template or website, this is fine.
c. use images in any way that constitutes a violation of the rights of individuals such as defamation, intrusion on privacy, misappropriation of likeness, or depiction in a false light.
d. use images in any way that violates civil and criminal laws such as those regulating pornography, obscenity, fraudulent schemes, counterfeiting, espionage, and aid to illicit activities.
e. post any file obtained from the Website in a gallery format designed or intended to facilitate transfers of files via the Internet by individual users.
f. resell or distribute any file obtained from the Website or its associated depiction unless the image is an integrated part of the product being resold, and comprises less than 50 percent of the overall product, page layout or design. (see Permitted Uses section 5a. below)
g. reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any part of a file or accompanying materials except as permitted by law. You MAY alter the image file to suit your visual needs however - see Section 5b.
h. use any part of an image as a trademark, service mark, logo, or part thereof.
i. remove any copyright or trademark information from any place in the files or accompanying materials.


5. Permitted Uses.

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You may:
a. display the images from image files in any manner not prohibited by the agreement (see Section 4.) provided that you include the copyright information from the image file in the form of a legally effective copyright notice if at all possible in this form: "© Photographer's Name. Image from BigStockPhoto.com".
b. modify or alter images as necessary for your use, as allowed for elsewhere in these terms and conditions. All photos, art, images or files taken from BigStockPhoto and integrated into said derivative work are still copyrighted by BigStockPhoto or the appropriate content provider. By purchasing a license to use an image file from BigStockPhoto you are not purchasing copyrights to our image files in any way. If requested by BigStockPhoto, you agree to execute a written assignment of any such copyrights with respect to such derivative work.
c. in the normal course of workflow, convey to third parties such as printers a temporary copy of a file that is integral to your work product and without which the product could not be completed.
d. print or use the image for your own use in any size, but you may not resell it, or redistribute it to others in any way.

Acceptable uses include but are not limited to personal use, consumer merchandise, website designs, business cards, other designs, website and powerpoint templates, book and album covers, product packaging, advertisements, newsletters, flyers, brochures, set designs, scholastic and promotional materials, films or videos, demonstrations, presentations, trade show signage and other uses where the image is not a definitive main part of your product.

Using the photo as part of your product is generally OK. Using the image or re-printing the image in a way that it really IS the main part of your product or is a main definitive part of your product is generally not OK.

Purchasing an image buys you a license to use the image in one product/project. If you are creating several products/projects you must re-purchase photo for each new product:

Example 1: You write a newsletter and use a BigStockPhoto photographer in it and you distribute 100,000 copies. If you decide to use the photo again for a different newsletter or different purpose, you must re-purchase it.

Example 2: You create a website template and sell it on your site to any number of people, using a BigStockPhoto image in it. If you decide to use the image again for a different template, you must re-purchase it for each new template/product you design. You can sell as many copies of the template or product as you like, but each new separate product you design and sell requires the photo to be purchased again, since the license you are buying is for use of the image file within one product.

If your photo usage needs fall outside of the scope of what is permitted herein, you may be able to purchase and use the images with a Special License for your usage. Contact us here and learn more about what Special Licenses are available.