Stock Smarts

Journal Entry: Wed Jan 16, 2013, 6:57 PM

FAQ#217

What are "Stock and Resources"
and can I use them in my submissions?

Stock images or program resources are materials created with the express intent that they may be used by other artists in their own artwork. Use of these materials are subject to the artist's license, which may or may not require the payment of fees and the documentation of sources used.

We strongly recommend that you credit your resource provider(s).

All artwork submitted to deviantART that uses third party source material must follow the license set by the provider. As the creator of the source material, the provider is able to set specific licenses for different materials and so you must check that you are following the license for each used material.

Failure to comply with the Terms and Conditions or License requirements attached to the stock may result in administrative action being taken against your account.

My image was deleted but it came from a stock website, why is this?

There are a lot of sites claiming to be valid stock and resource sites, but they are offering materials which they do not have permission to offer. If we receive notice from the copyright holder or their legal agent acting on their behalf then we will honour their copyright and remove any infringing work, even if you thought it was taken from a valid stock and resource site. You should use extra caution when using materials from sites offering famous images or photos of well known people, as these are rarely valid stock. We recommend that you only use recognized stock and resource sites such as fotolia.com, sxc.hu, istockphoto.com, gettyimages.co.uk or our own stock and resource providers.

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Using stock the correct way has become a huge problem. We plan on continuing this series for you. Hopefully you will realize just how important of an issue this has become not just to the stock community but deviantART as well.

You can expect some in depth discussions and a few interviews from not only stock artists but from the stock CV's as well. So don't be shy about speaking up, this was meant to be an exchange. I promise if I don't know the answer I will find it for you.

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