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Commercial or other licenses: These images have non-Creative Commons licenses and can be from either sites available at no charge or commercial sites that require payment.

You can file an application to register your copyright either online via the U.S. Copyright Office's website or by mailing a paper application. The Copyright Office will then issue a certificate of registration once it receives your completed application along with the filing fees and copies of the image.

In order to license images and grant photo usage rights, you need to be either the author of the images, or otherwise authorized to license the images. For example, agencies are also authorized to license images if the author has contractually allowed them to be granted.

There are 2 main types of licenses used in stock photography: Rights Managed and Royalty Free. A Rights Managed license gives the user permission to use an image for a specific purpose only and the price charged relates to this usage.

To find license details: Select an image, then below the image, select License details. We recommend that you always review the licensing requirements of any images you want to use. Creative Commons licenses: These images are usually available at no charge to use, but require credit.

When you get a photo license, it means you have obtained permission to use a photo in a certain manner. It doesn't mean that you own the image outright, however, just that you may use the image for a certain period of time. Think of it this way: a license is like a permission slip for a field trip.

Basically, copyright law says that when you take a photograph, you become the copyright owner of the image created. This means you hold exclusive rights to: Reproduce the photograph. Display the image in a public space.