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Royalty Free Photos

What are "Royalty-Free" photos?

Each stock photo in the Index Stock Imagery collection is offered as either a Royalty Free Photo or a Rights Managed photo. When you license a Royalty-Free photo, you pay a one-time fee for an image. You can then use the image for different projects for an unlimited time period. You cannot sell a royalty free photo to someone else. You can include a royalty free stock photo as part of a product like the cover of a CD, graphics in software, etc.

The majority of the stock photos in our image library are “Rights Managed.” This means that you license the right to use the stock photo for a specific use for a defined time period (which is usually one year). For example, you purchase a license for a stock photo to be used in a brochure, quarter page in size, print run of 50,000 for one year. If you then need a different use, you will also need an additional license.

Why are some stock photos Royalty Free photos and others are not?

It is the artist who decides whether the photo or illustration will be offered as Royalty Free. When an artist has decided which type of license to offer, we price licenses for the photo or illustration accordingly. At Index Stock Imagery, most of our stock photos are Rights Managed but we do have a collection of Royalty Free photos as well. The important thing for you is to find the right stock photo.

For more details, see our license agreements:
Rights Managed
Royalty Free