About Royalty-Free Stock Photos (RF)
With royalty-free stock photos, you pay only once for an image that can be used for multiple projects over an unlimited period of time, and the license fee is based solely on image size. Royalty-free images on this site can be identified by the "Royalty-Free" notation located below respective photos.
Why Clients Choose Royalty-Free Stock Photography
Clients choose our royalty-free stock photography as a flexible and inexpensive alternative to rights-managed photos. Practically everyone can afford royalty-free photos, and they are sold on a non-exclusive basis. We do not record industry data when licensing, so there is always a potential for conflict with your competitor using the same image. Therefore, royalty-free images are typically suitable for smaller, complimentary uses, while right-managed images are more suitable for the primary focus of your project.
How to Buy Royalty-Free Stock Photography
All of our royalty-free photos can be purchased online using our shopping cart. Upon receiving your order, we will contact you regarding license and image download details. Downloads will be delivered in a .ZIP file containing your JPEG image(s), royalty-free license agreement and invoice.
Purchase Options for Royalty-Free Images
Purchase options and respective prices for royalty-free images are located below each large image.
Summary of Our Royalty-Free License
The term "royalty-free" means that no additional fees are charged if the image is used within the terms of our Royalty-Free License Agreement. Briefly summarized, this license will grant you the non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sub-licensable right to use the image an unlimited number of times in any and all media for:
- advertising and promotional materials;
- print publications and physical products;
- broadcast and theatrical exhibitions;
- electronic publications including website design (up to a maximum 1,200 pixels on the longest dimension); and
- any other usage approved in writing by tobinphoto.com.
You may use our royalty-free images on a computer or a network that can be viewed by your employees, partners and clients, but images may not be distributed or placed on a network or in any location that allows authorized distribution or use.
Our images or any rights granted by our license agreement may not be:
- sublicensed, re-licensed, sold, assigned, conveyed or transferred;
- distributed on Photo CD, website, electronic template or by any other means intended to be reproduced by third parties on electronic or printed products;
- licensed or distributed in any derivative work in any manner that would allow a third party to download, extract or access the image(s) as a standalone file or entity;
- incorporated into a logo, trademark or service mark;
- posted online in a downloadable format or in a manner that enables it to be distributed via mobile telephone devices;
- used in a pornographic, defamatory or otherwise illegal manner, whether directly or in context or juxtaposition with other materials; and
- used in an editorial manner without including the following credit adjacent to the image: “John Tobin/tobinphoto.com".
Please note that the “Summary of Our Royalty-Free License” above, is only a brief summarization of our Royalty-Free License Agreement, and in no way, in part or in its entirety, should this summarization be considered a component of our final license agreement with you. Image usage is restricted to the terms and conditions agreed upon before or at the time of delivery of the image(s).
Copyright is NOT transferred upon licensing of any image.
Exclusivity
Exclusive rights are not available under a royalty-free license. However, you may contact us regarding the possibility of acquiring exclusive rights to one of our royalty-free photos. If the image is not widely distributed, it may be possible to discontinue offering it as royalty-free photo and license it under an exclusive rights-managed license.
Discounts on Stock Photography
We do not offer discounts on royalty-free photos.
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