Licensing

We at ProAstrophotography.com provide images for sale by a number of photographers all around the world. All images are subject to copyright protection.

By paying the licensing fee, the customer acquires the non-exclusive, worldwide, non-transferable and non-sub-licensable right for usage of purchased images for his own information, illustration or advertising purposes. Other rights to the images, including copyrights, remain with ProAstrophotography.com and the photographer depending on the type of purchased license and the contractual agreement between the photographer and proastrophotography.com.

The customer purchases the royalty free license indefinitely but not exclusively.

In case the customer violates the license conditions as defined in this section, license rights can be revoked.

Labeled images with “only for editorial use” are only approved for editorial purposes (press releases, magazine/online articles, teaching materials etc).

Proastrophotography.com offers two different types of image licenses: Standard license and the Extended license.

Standard license

By purchasing this license, the customer only pays for the license once and use it forever. The accepted uses are for editorial purposes only. You can use Editorial RF images to enhance or illustrate text in print or digital publications (magazine articles, teaching materials, press releases etc.). Any commercial or for-profit usage is prohibited. Usage is also limited for the reproduction/print run limit at 250,000 copies.

Additional Extended Rights

There are four different additional extended rights type depending on the usage type, quantity, geography:

1. Items for resale: with limited print run

Includes the standard license rights.

PLUS allows resale or distribution of physical items: up to 250,000 posters, calendars, mugs, mousepads, cards, stationery items, stickers, t-shirts, apparel items, games, toys, entertainment goods or framed artwork or paper products.

2. Unlimited print run

Includes the standard license rights.

PLUS allows buyers to make an unlimited number of reproductions (Removes the 250,000 print run limit)

This is applicable only to non-resale items like billboards, catalogs, books, magazines, printed products.

3. Electronic items for resale with unlimited run

Includes the standard license rights.

PLUS Resell as many times as you like in all your projects

This applies to the items planed to sell or distribute online (web pages, templates, brochures, business cards, screensavers).

4. Multi-seat license

Includes the standard license rights.

PLUS Extends the rights covered to multiple people in your company, so that more people can use the image (up to 100).