What is the Standard Royalty Free License?
The standard royalty free license defines the conditions of use for most photographs downloaded from the website.
Under the standard royalty free license a photo may be used for private and professional applications. The image may be used to illustrate a website or print ad. However, the license does not allow the photo to be used for commercial purposesThe image can not be the principal element of commercial value or be placed on a product intended for sale. Thus the illustration of postcards, posters, or templates intended for sale is not authorized under this license.
The standard royalty free license allows the buyer to use the images in the following:
Professional applications
- Publicity
- Press
- Illustration Web site/Blog
- Illustration of company brochure
- Multimedia presentation, printed presentation, or report
- Decoration
Personal applications:
- Decoration of interior
- Illustration of a personal site
- Illustration of a personal blog
- Screen saver
- Report/school presentation
The license agreement is obtained at the time images are downloaded from the website. The license agreement extensively outlines the terms and limits of use for the photo.
This license does not provide for unlimited use. The license clearly defines how and where the image may be used.
NOTE: This license does not allow a person to buy the image and sell prints or reproductions. This is a violation to the artists copyright and illegal. Violators will be severly punished.
For more information on licenses and our pricing system, please visit our pricing page.
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I am designer. I make art posters for sale. Number of copies 1 -100. I would like use your images for my posters. For example I buy your "red fish". I recolour it, add legs to it, and place this creature in my one sea (i.e. my photo) in deep of algae. Such use of your image (red fish) is legal?
Thanks for care.
Posted by Valera on 11:31, December 23 2005
Does the Standard Royalty Free License allow use of images to illustrate a magazine article?
Posted by Photo Writer on 13:30, January 5 2006
If I purchase under standard royalty free license, will I be able to use it on brochures which may be distributed worldwide. I mean is their any restrictions of number of copies I print. Thank you.
Posted by Khurram on 01:29, January 13 2006
Hello. I want a nice nature photo that I can use as a background for some photo shoots. I do freelance photography of people and I would like to use a nature photo as a background, though the main focus are the people I am shooting. Is this legal for me to do??
Thank you.
Posted by C Olguin on 01:06, March 16 2006
I was wondering as to the legalities of using images as part or parts of company logos and backgrounds. The use would be limited to say, a website, stationary, receipts, and brochures. No actual products being sold, however, would bear any of the images.
Posted by Vadim on 16:09, March 25 2006
Hello,
Will the Standard Royalty Free License cover my use of your photos as part of a mulitmedia presentation such as a Power Point Presentation
which includes both music and text as well as your photos? And, will it further cover my placing that Power Point Presentation on CD or downloadable exe and selling it.
Karen
Posted by Karen Garret on 16:24, April 10 2006
Hi, I own a website and I am interested in sending a Easter wallpaper to all my subscribers. Can I send one based on a image bought from Fotolia ?
Posted by Mihai on 08:46, April 21 2006
Can I use a standard royalty free image to illustrate a CD cover for a music CD that will be commercially released, or does that require the exclusive buyout? The image will be modified to suit the rest of the cover art.
Posted by Eva Kovacs on 11:06, April 24 2006
I am in the process of rebuilding my site and want to use some of your colorful abstract pictures. I have selected a number of them, added them to my "shopping cart", but cannot see how I go about actually ordering them. Help!!
Posted by Matt Donnelly on 16:32, April 24 2006
Can a standard royalty free license be used on a site that earns its money through advertising. We don't pring the image or sell it or anything in any way.
Posted by RB on 19:04, April 29 2006
Can a standard royalty-free image be used on the cover of an e-book or book? Or can the same be used in an e-book or book?
Posted by Kevin Pezzi on 06:43, May 4 2006
Hello. I have a network of computer screens in public venues that are "locked" to a set of rotating advertisements. I have two questions regarding licensing in this situation:
1. Does the standard royalty free license (SRFL) allow me to create ads containing Flotolia artwork for my company and run them on this network?
2. If a client obtains artwork from Flotolia using the SRFL, can they create an ad and run it on my network?
In both cases, the artwork would be used as advertising illustration, as in a magazine - it would not be included on a product, printed, resold, etc.
Thanks.
Posted by Hal Barnes on 08:30, May 5 2006
I am puting together an animation to be viewed on the web as a promotion for a restaurant. Am I allowed to do this with the standard Royalty free license?
Thank you for your time!
Posted by Tom Morrell on 18:20, May 16 2006
I'm a wildlife and pet artist and I was wondering if the standard royalty free license would allow me to use your photos as references for paintings I intend to sell.
Thank you!
Posted by Tanya on 17:10, May 23 2006
I'm interested in using several images on a Web page. The page will not be used to sell anything, but I would need to crop and manipulate some of the images. Which licence is most appropriate? Thanks.
Posted by Pamela on 21:17, May 27 2006
I intend to purchase an image to use for my PC software product. The image will be use on the product box, as the application icon, and as the application window background. The software is not selling the image. Which type of license do I need to purchase? Please advise, thanks.
Posted by Robin on 11:55, June 7 2006
We're a worldwide commercial publishing house and we'd like to use some of your images in our school textbooks. Would the standard royalty-free license cover this usage? Thanks.
Posted by howowow on 05:14, June 13 2006
Hi I do portrait photography and am looking for a nice picture flower to put on my website. Would that be legal?
Posted by Mimi on 12:45, June 13 2006
I am a commercial web designer/developer. I have used images from fotolia on a web site for a client. Can use the images I purchased on another web site for a different client? Do I have to buy an additional license? What license is appropriate to purchase for use? In both cases, these are for advertising web sites and the images would be used as decoration and accents. Thank you.
Posted by Scott on 00:46, June 20 2006
I am into digital scrapbooking and make kits to give away to fellow scrapbookers I am looking in particularly for flower pictures. Would pictures from Fotolia be legal to use in this way?
Posted by sandy on 02:32, June 27 2006
What are the implications of the fact that the photographer still owns the copyright of any photos that I may use on my business website and stationary e.g. can the photographer later ask me for money to use it?
Also, is there a time period on the license or am I able to use it perpetuity?
Also, if the photo is royalty free why do I need to pay any amount to use it?
Thanks,
I'm new to this so appreciate your insights.
Posted by Bronwin on 03:17, July 24 2006
Hi, I would like to know if I can use your photo to explain a fragrance on a bathfoam label (5000-10000 bottels). Your standard royalty free licence is ok? thank you
Posted by gio on 05:15, July 25 2006
Purchase a image from fotolia and would like to know where to put the info of the photographer and fotolia on my website? which was provide to me after checkout. Also this is a ecommerce website is this ok?
Posted by fate on 12:45, July 25 2006
Does Standard Royalty fee lets one use an image miltiple times in different web/print projects? and for how long?
I'm a freelance graphic designer/web developer.
Thanks
Posted by Kallol on 20:49, August 11 2006
I noticed that Mr. Bridwell said the Standard License covers the following scenario: "We're a worldwide commercial publishing house and we'd like to use some of your images in our school textbooks. Would the standard royalty-free license cover this usage?" I, too, am creating educational material except mine is a java applet. Will the standard license cover usage of your images as illustrations for this web-based, paid-subscription, educational site? Thank you.
Posted by oliver brelsford on 00:31, August 13 2006
Hi,
We're a web design company and we design website templates. Can we use fotolia images on our template and sell the templates to different customers?
Thanks.
Norman
Posted by Norman Grande on 10:16, August 30 2006
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