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7.0 - Trademark, Copyright & Protected Items Training
iStock makes every effort to conform to International copyright legislation and other applicable law, with our principal jurisdiction in Canada. http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-42/index.html
Uploading someone else's photographs or artwork is strictly prohibited and a violation of the iStock membership agreement, the Artist's Supply Agreement, and other applicable law. You must be the copyright holder (original artist) of every image you submit. Uploading any of the following is strictly prohibited and may result in a lifetime ban or legal action:
- A photograph of a photograph.
- A photograph that you didn't take.
- An image you found (on the web, from a book or magazine or other printed object).
- Desktop patterns that are found.
- Stock photographs from other stock agencies.
- Tracing (illustrations) or creating unauthorized derivative work.
For more information see the iStock Technical Wiki.
Copyright is very important to the iStock community and should be adhered to as closely as possible. Where something falls into a grey area, you will find that we generally err on the side of rejecting the image. As a photographer uploading your images to err, you will find that our inspectors do not accept files that contain:
Do Not Submit: (image examples)
7.1 Logos & Trademarks:
logos, trademarks, company names, product names, product brands or trademarked and patented designs
7.2 Patented & Trademarked
Product Designs:
most modern toys, many brand name watches, brand name computers and other licensed products.
7.3 Artwork:
Paintings, sculptures, any object in a museum, any object in an art gallery, including public sculpture, some architecture, advertisements, other photography (a photo of a photo)
7.4 Documents:
Modern maps, documents where names are mentioned, computer screens (interfaces and icons are copyrighted).
7.5 Illustrations:
Traced illustrations based on stock photography, fashion editorials, etc, that you do not own the original copyright for.
7.6 - Embedded Copyright Notices:
7.7 - Government & Military Property:
Agency insignia, military decorations, golden eagles, Presidential seals, flat scans of US currency.
7.8 - Trademarked Buildings, Monuments & Landmarks:
The intellectual property laws of this category can sometimes be confusing. It is best to research the structure before uploading it to iStock. For instance, photographs of the Eiffel Tower during the day are legal for resale, but not night shots (showing the light show).
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