Licenses regulate usage rights and take into account the interests of image providers as well as image users.

Various specialists work intensively on the production, processing and distribution of sophisticated picture collections. Copyright, distribution and usage rights apply to this work. In addition, the rights of third parties must be observed, such as those shown, trademarks, designs, etc. In simple terms, one speaks of “image rights”. The customer acquires a license to use the image material. This license is a contract that governs the release of an image for specific purposes.

There are two different licensing procedures: the one for licensed (rights protected, rights managed or RM) and the one for royalty-free (royalty-free or RF) images.