Buyer Licensing Terms.

When you license a photo from PhotoSale you receive a defined set of rights, not ownership of the copyright. This page sets out the standard terms for every licence sold on the platform. Specific licences may include extra wording in the licence record you receive.

1. What you can do

Use the photo within the scope, territory, and term shown on your licence record. The four standard scopes are:

• Editorial web: news articles, blog posts, and non-promotional online editorial. Caption with the photographer's name.
• Editorial print: magazines, newspapers, books, up to the print run shown on the licence. Caption with the photographer's name.
• Commercial: advertising, packaging, marketing, social-media ads, branded content. Requires a model release for identifiable people and a property release for identifiable private property where one applies.
• Personal: prints in your own home, gifts, and non-published personal use.

2. What you cannot do

• Resell, sublicense, or redistribute the photo as a standalone image.
• Use the photo as part of a logo, trademark, or service mark.
• Use the photo in a way that defames or misrepresents an identifiable person, place, or business.
• Use the photo to train, fine-tune, or otherwise feed a machine learning model. See the AI image policy.
• Remove or alter the photographer's copyright notice in metadata.
• Use the photo outside the licensed territory or after the term ends.

3. Term and territory

The default term for editorial and commercial licences is two years from the date of purchase, in the territories listed on the licence record. Australia-only and global are the two standard territory options. Perpetual licences are available on request and cost more.

4. Editorial-only photos

Some photos on PhotoSale are listed editorial-only because they include identifiable people, brands, or private property without a release. These photos cannot be used for commercial purposes even if a buyer pays for a commercial licence by mistake. We mark editorial-only photos clearly and will refuse a commercial sale of them.

5. Credit

Editorial use must credit the photographer in the form "Photo: [Photographer Name]" placed near the image or in the relevant credits section. Commercial use does not require a public credit, but the licence record always names the photographer.

6. Delivery

Licensed photos are delivered as high-resolution downloads without the public watermark. The download link in your account stays available for the duration of the licence term.

7. Pricing

Prices are set per photo by the photographer and shown in Australian dollars including GST where applicable. The licence price guide shows the typical price for each scope so you can budget before you browse.

8. Refunds

Digital licence purchases are not refundable once the download has been delivered, except where required by the Australian Consumer Law. If a licence is sold for a photo that turns out to be editorial-only, we refund the difference and reissue the correct licence.

9. Extending a licence

Need a longer term, a wider territory, or to switch from editorial to commercial? Contact enquiries@photosale.net. We will route the request to the photographer and quote a top-up.

10. Breach

Use outside the licence scope is copyright infringement and is handled under the copyright policy. The photographer, with our support, can recover damages and require the unlicensed use to stop.

11. Contact

Licence questions go to enquiries@photosale.net or the contact page.