An Overview of Stock Photography

Stock Photography22-3530 - 01 PHOTO COMMUNICATIONS

Licensed Imagery(aka rights-managed)

Contracted use for a set period of time and usages(media format, country, language, size, placements)

Select SourcesCorbis, Getty, Master!le, Superstock

Art Resource, Animals Animals, PhotoEditAP, Reuters, Time, National Geographic

Royalty-Free

Still licensed, but with a single fee covering unlimited usage.

Select SourcesCorbis, Getty, Master!le, SuperstockShutterstock, Jupiter Images, Veer

Copyright-Free

No license or copyright. Different levels of copyright are available under Creative Commons.

Select SourcesStock xChange, Flickr, MorgeFile, Internet Archive

Public Domain

Mostly, works done on the government dollar, published before 1923, or missed

copyright renewal.

Select SourcesLibrary of Congress (American Memory!)

Internet Archive, Wikipedia