Since you are the entity that licensed those images, you can use the images again on other sites and platforms.
Shutterstock license license#
If you license images from Shutterstock, put them on a site, sell that site, can you use those images on other sites or elsewhere? These practices have to date saved me over $50,000 in infringement claims. Other images I use I ask for permission (and get those permissions in writing, which I file away). I use Shutterstock for almost every image. If buyers had to pay for a license for every image, that would be a huge financial barrier to site buyers. Note, keeping the images on the site is based on the assumption the seller properly licensed the images from Shutterstock.įor sellers, this is also important because it makes it easier to sell sites. You merely have the option to keep the images on the site as they were when you purchased the site.
However, you (site buyer) do not get a license to those images. You can keep the images on your site as-is. Short answer: No, you don’t have to buy a license for those images existing on a site you buy. These policies may change at any time so please make your own inquiries. What if it turns out the images on your site were properly licensed from Shutterstock? Do you have to buy your own license for those images on the site you buy?ĭISCLAIMER: the following information about Shutterstock is based on information I received from my Shutterstock rep. I’ve done this several times and I never heard from them again. If you do have licenses/permissions, that’s great.
I hate to say this, but unless you have licenses/permissions for the images, you need to contact an attorney (which is more money). You just didn’t know it was an issue to bring up.įailure to make that one inquiry can now cost you tens of thousands of dollars rendering your investment a nightmare. You had no intention to infringe copyright. HERE’S THE KICKER: It never occurred to you to ask the seller about whether EVERY image was used legally. You had no idea because you just bought the site. You check out the URLs and images that are apparently infringing copyright. You’re just a new site owner wanting to get into the blogging business. Then you read the dreaded claim for $50,000 in retroactive fees, damages, etc. You open the email.Īmidst a pile of legalese, you learn a copyright troll is alleging your site is using images illegally. You wake up one day, excited to keep building, only to receive an email with subject line “COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT CLAIM NOTIFICATION”. It’s gonna be a beaut and a BIG earner to boot. You manage to get the domain in your hands and the site safely ensconced in your hosting account. You’ve got a big dream to turn it into something special. Given the value of content sites these days, chances are you paid some big bucks.īut you know you gotta spend money to make it, right?
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