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What Does Royalty-Free Mean? A Simple Guide to Stock Photo Licensing

Jul 1, 2026 Alysa Gavilan

What does royalty-free mean? Learn how royalty-free licensing works, how it differs from copyright-free, and what it means for photographers, businesses, and content creators.

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Getty Images Awards $20,000 to Creators Advancing Disability Representation at Work

May 14, 2025 Anzalna Siddiqui

People with disabilities are among the strongest and most inspiring individuals I have ever met. Sadly, the media often shows them only in hospitals or…

Getty Images and Shutterstock joining forces in a $3.7 billion merger

Jan 8, 2025 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

Getty Images and Shutterstock, two of the biggest players in the stock photo world, are joining forces. The new company will keep the name Getty…

Getty launches another AI-generated service with iStock

Jan 12, 2024 Alex Baker

Getty Images has launched a second AI generator as part of its stock image services. This new feature will be a part of iStock and…

Adobe Stock sharpens rules over AI images illustrating real events

Nov 27, 2023 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

Over the past year, generative AI has completely transformed how we work and create Sadly, it has led to countless misuses and fake news. After recent cases of using Adobe Stock AI content to spread false information, the platform has announced new policies regarding AI images of real events. The company says the changes are necessary to prevent the misuse of AI-generated images to mislead or deceive people.

Open Planet is a new free-to-use video library to help fight climate change

Nov 9, 2023 Alex Baker

Open Planet is a brand new online library of over 4500 videos that are free to use. The project is a team effort between Studio…

You can now edit photos with AI directly in Shutterstock’s library. And it sucks

Oct 27, 2023 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

After welcoming AI images and launching its own AI image generator, Shutterstock has now announced new AI-powered editing features. From now on, you can edit photos directly in its library, transforming any stock image you find into exactly the image you need. Or at least that was the original idea, because the execution is far from perfect.