istockphoto TOS question
 

i'm going to buy dozen of images for banners

are there any hidden limitations of their usual license? i mean such as adult industry, quantity of visitors, etc.

"hidden" limitations? well if they were hidden, I don't think they would have much of a legal leg to stand on


.... although I do wonder if model releases etc would cover all possible uses, such as public humiliation or damaging a person's public image by representation... if this were the case though, it would not be limited to istockphoto

yes they do..

http://istockphoto.com/license.php

7. use or display any Content that features a model or person in a manner that (i) would lead a reasonable person to think that such person uses or personally endorses any business, product, service, cause, association or other endeavour; or (ii) that depicts such person in a potentially sensitive subject matter, including, but not limited to mental and physical health issues, social issues, sexual or implied sexual activity or preferences, substance abuse, crime, physical or mental abuse or ailments, or any other subject matter that would be reasonably likely to be offensive or unflattering to any person reflected in the Content;

They asked us to remove something we used on www.stolenpornvideos.com

thx, yep, i mean actual limitations based on precedent

are there adult photo stocks where i can buy separate pics?

You can try calling them or read over their TOS..

They used to not allow the use of their images on any adult content based site. That was before they started to have nudity on their site.

u know, it's rather something that looks like 'not covered part of body' than nudity on istockphoto.

so, do they currently allow to use pics from them on adult sites?

why dont you ask them

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