Licensing

You will find the contractual license below but I know you are unlikely to read it all. Here is a quick primer:

  1. You are responsible for the use of the image and whether your specific use requires the permission of any person or company.
  2. You must not use the image in a pornographic or defamatory way.
  3. The One-time license allows you to use the image for private wall hangings, for example, but not for commercial projects.
  4. The Royalty-free license allows you to use the image as many times as you want, including for commercial projects, but does not give you permission to resell the image.
  5. Extended licenses expand the royalty-free license so that you can use the image in much larger projects and offer it for resale on printed products such as calendars, clothing, wall prints, etc., as well as in software, movies, and other digital media.

The detail is in the full Agreement below, but I hope that gives you enough information to choose either the lower priceded One-time and Royalty free licenses that give you a choice of file size or the extended license that only is offered with a full size download.

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Hebstreits provides six types of licensing:

  • One-time use

    Subject to the restrictions described under Prohibited Uses below, the following are ‘Permitted Private Uses’ of media purchased from us:

    • any printed material such as wall art, cups or floor mats for private use, not for resale, not for business use, non-comercial;
    • school or university projects;
    • social media post or profile image – non-commercial;
    • decorative background on a personal computer or mobile device;
    • online or electronic publications, including private web pages, blogs, ebooks and videos, limited to a maximum of 10,240,000 total pixels (for example: 3200px x 3200px) per media file where un-edited.

  • Royalty free

    Subject to the restrictions described under Prohibited Uses below, the following are ‘Permitted Uses’ of media purchased from us:

    • invitations, advertising and promotional projects, including printed materials, product packaging, presentations, film and video presentations, commercials, catalogues, brochures, promotional greeting cards and promotional postcards (ie. not for resale or license) up to an unlimited number of prints;
    • school or university projects;
    • social media post or profile image;
    • decorative background on a personal computer or mobile device;
    • online or electronic publications, including web pages, blogs, ebooks and videos, limited to a maximum of 64,000,000 total pixels (for example: 8000px x 8000px) per media file where un-edited.

  • Extended print

    The Extended License expands on our Royalty free license in the following ways:

    • invitations, advertising and promotional projects, including printed materials, product packaging, presentations, catalogues, brochures, promotional greeting cards and promotional postcards up to an unlimited number of prints;
    • entertainment applications, such as books and book covers, magazines, newspapers, editorials, newsletters up to an unlimited number of prints;
    • prints, posters (i.e. a hardcopy) and other reproductions for personal or promotional purposes, resale, license or other distribution up to an unlimited number of prints.
    • all permissions from the Royalty free license are included in the Extended print license.

  • Extended digital

    The Extended digital license expands on our Extended print license in the following ways:

    • design elements (Props & Scenery) in television broadcasts, commercials, short film & full-length film productions;
    • design templates for resale (Software, Apps & Web distribution);
    • design elements on software applications for resale (iPhone, iPad, iPod, Android, Windows/Linux applications);
    • in themes, skins and other electronic software meant for resale with unlimited amount of pixels per media file where un-edited;
    • use any of the Stock Media as part of a trade-mark, design-mark, trade-name, business name, service mark, or logo;
    • all permissions from the Extended print license are included in the Extended digital license.

  • Buyout - Extended print

    A buyout extended print license to secure exclusive purchase for the license duration. Which means you’ll get everything in our extended print option plus you can secure the content exclusively. Once you buy these images, we’ll take them out of our collection for a set period of time. No one else will be able to newly purchase these photos during that time. And you can use them as much as you’d like, wherever you’d like.

  • Buyout - Extended digital

    A buyout extended digital license to secure exclusive purchase for the license duration. Which means you’ll get everything in our extended digital option plus you can secure the content exclusively. Once you buy these images, we’ll take them out of our collection for a set period of time. No one else will be able to newly purchase these photos during that time. And you can use them as much as you’d like, wherever you’d like.

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Prohibited Uses

  • install and use the Stock Media in more than one location or post a copy of the Stock Media on a network server or web server for use by other users;
  • sub-license, re-sell, rent, lend, assign, gift or otherwise transfer or distribute the Stock Media or the rights granted under these terms;
  • use Stock Media identified as “Editorial Use Only”, for any commercial, promotional, endorsement, advertising or merchandising use. For clarification, in this Agreement “Editorial Use Only” of Stock Media means use relating to events that are newsworthy or of general interest and expressly excludes any advertorial sections (i.e. sections or supplements featuring brand and/or product names or sections or supplements in relation to which you receive a fee from a third-party advertiser or sponsor);
  • remove any notice of copyright, trade-mark or other proprietary right from any place where it is on or embedded in the Stock Media;
  • use the Stock Media in a fashion that is considered by us or under applicable law to be pornographic, obscene, immoral, infringing, defamatory or libelous in nature, or that would be reasonably likely to bring any person or property reflected in the Stock Media into disrepute;
  • use the Stock Media in a way that places any person depicted in the Stock Media in a bad light or in a way that they may find offensive – this includes, but is not limited to, the use of images: a) in pornography, “adult videos” or the like; b) in ads or promotional materials for adult entertainment clubs or similar venues, or for escort, dating or similar services; and c) uses that are defamatory, or contain otherwise unlawful, offensive or immoral content. You may not use Stock Media containing the likeness of a person if such use implies that the model engages in any immoral or illegal activity or suffers from a physical or mental infirmity, ailment or condition;
  • use Stock Media in a manner that competes with our business including, but not limited to, displaying Stock Media in any format (including thumbnails) for download or Export on a website or offering Stock Media for sale;
  • use the Stock Media for editorial purposes without including the following credit adjacent to the Stock Media or in audio/visual production credits: ‘© Hebstreits’;
  • incorporate the Stock Media in any product that results in a re-distribution or re-use of the Stock Media or is otherwise made available in a manner such that a person can extract or access or reproduce the Stock Media as an electronic file;
  • use or display the Stock Media in an electronic format that enables it to be downloaded, Exported or distributed via mobile devices or shared in any peer-to-peer or similar file sharing arrangement; or
  • use or display Stock Media in such a manner that gives the impression that the Stock Media were created by you or a person other than the copyright holder of the Stock Media.

Please note that by purchasing a license to use the media on this site from us, you acknowledge that no transfer of copyright exists, and you are purchasing a license to use the media as per the terms set out in this agreement.

For any uses not listed here, or for questions regarding our licensing please contact us.

Licensing notice for the resale of maps

Note: All maps licenced as produced work under Open Database Licence (ODbL) 1.0. You are free to use the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially. If you plan to resell the map on a print in addition to our licensing options, you will need to specify an appropriate credit such as © OpenStreetMap contributors.