An Adobe Stock license allows you to use your asset anywhere in the world, and the license never expires.

You may use the asset in print, presentations, broadcasts, websites, and on social media sites. However, you may not share or distribute the asset in any way that would let others use the asset without licensing it themselves.

Visit Adobe’s full Terms and Conditions for full restriction details.

Extended License

With an Extended license, you may::

  • Reproduce copies of the asset in product packaging, printed marketing materials, digital documents, or software.
  • Include the asset in email marketing, mobile advertising, or a broadcast program.
  • Post the asset to a website. If the asset is posted unmodified to a social media site, attribution is required (© Author Name – stock.adobe.com).
  • Create merchandise or products for resale or distribution where the main value of the product is associated with the asset itself, such as a coffee mug or t-shirt.

Editorial Use

In addition to the license restrictions above, assets labeled “Editorial Use Only”:

  • May be used in any context that is newsworthy or of cultural interest, typically in newspaper or magazine articles, news blogs, or similar event-based media.
  • May not be used for commercial purposes such as advertisements, promotions, advertorials, merchandise, etc. – even if you have obtained an extended license – without obtaining prior written consent from third parties such as the copyright owner of the asset, or, where necessary, from recognizable persons or unique buildings or objects identifiable in the asset.
  • May not be edited, except for minor adjustments for technical quality or slight cropping or resizing, and only if you maintain the editorial context and meaning of the original.
  • When editorial images are used in print, websites, blogs, and so on, you must include the credit line shown on the site and contained in the IPTC credit line field, for example, “Agency Name/Author Name – stock.adobe.com”.
  • When editorial images or videos are used in films, TV shows, podcasts, and so on, you must include the credit “Image(s) and/or video(s) used under license from Agency Name/Author Name – stock.adobe.com”.

Audio Assets

With Adobe Stock’s royalty-free audio licenses, you may use any licensed music track as many times as you like, for as long as you like, anywhere in the world.

The Audio Extended License covers most common uses, including:

  • Social media and websites
  • Digital ads
  • TV or Radio
  • Paid-access on-demand or streaming video
  • Apps or Video Games
  • Theatrical releases
  • Physical Point-of-Sale Locations

Restrictions for Audio licenses:

  • Audio files must be synchronized with picture, narration, etc. No stand-alone distribution. The audio file must not comprise the primary value of the end product.
  • No remixing, mashups or other alterations for the purpose of creating a new music track. Only minimal modifications are allowed.
  • Audio files cannot be incorporated into templates, logos, or other corporate branding.