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New Content Library Photos usage rights.
First off, how awesome are the new content library additions?! And I'm sure the library is only going to get larger and larger now that the framework is set up. So cool.
My question. Does anybody know if there are any usage restrictions for the images? Can they be included in courses intended for resale? And can they be exported and used in Rise courses?
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Hi Dan,
Glad you're loving all the new additions - we're pretty pumped about it ourselves! Good news, they're all royalty free for commercial and non-commercial use—no attribution required. So go to town!
As for use in Rise courses, we're still working on the integration of the stock images from Content Library for import into Rise...but it's coming soon! In the meantime, you could do a "save as" or take a screen capture to create an image file to use in Rise.
Let us know what other feedback you've got and thanks again for the praise!
- DanGraham1Community Member
Awesome. Incorporating the library into Rise will be a great new addition. Thanks Ashley!
- JudithWaugh-399Community Member
The fact that there is such an extensive library available to us is just so amazing. I am happy to use your work-around Ashley, until the integration comes through for Rise!
Thanks Articulate!
Glad to hear that'll work for you Judith and just keep us posted if you need anything else.
- NiklasLovefallCommunity Member
Absolutely majestic that these images are royalty free, thank you so much!
/Niklas
- AliceJeffersonCommunity Member
I just want to confirm that all of the images are royalty free and we have the right to use these images for creative purposes. I have found pictures of Minons, entertainers, super heroes, The Obamas and few not so flatting photos or our current President. Articulate has paid the licensing fees for their customers to use these images for creative purposes. Is that correct? A photo of Obama for editorial use is $575 on Getty Images. If so, this is an amazing feature of Articulate 360.
Also when I search for Crime: Illustration , a character drawing of an arabic/brown skin man with head covering appears. I find this offensive and other may as well can this be removed ?
Thanks,
Alice
Hi Alice,
We find that offensive, too. We'll see what we can do about it. Hold tight.
All the images and icons in content library come from multiple sources, but they're all royalty free for you to use. Here's a quick FAQ about Content Library.
- MeenuNanwani1Community Member
Hi Ashley,
Thank you for having Articulate photo library available royalty free. If they can be used for commercial and non-commercial purposes, could they also be used outside of storyline? Can photos be copied and pasted from storyline to PowerPoint for example?
Thanks!
Hi Meenu,
The stock photos, images, icons, videos, course slides, and characters in Content Library are 100 percent royalty- and attribution-free, so you can use them in your e-learning however you’d like.
Since Presenter/Powerpoint doesn't have all the same download options from Content Library, feel free to pull them in from Storyline.
- MeenuNanwani1Community Member
Thank you so much! How wonderful that we have options to use the Content Library photos in different mediums :-)
- ClaudiaMusek379Community Member
We have been using Articulate Storyline for years. Now, a client asked to purchase not only the published product but also the .story Template. We have used a character from the library. Does the license cover the sale? The client will have a Storyline license himself.
Great question, Claudia!
You are free to use the characters available in Content Library 360 in content you intend to sell to the public. They're all royalty free for commercial and non-commercial use—no attribution required.
This is outlined in the Terms of Service, Section 3: Your Content.
- 3.1. Ownership. You retain all rights and ownership of your content. We do not claim any ownership rights to your content.
Great question, Cheryl.
Content Library assets can be used any way you like in e-learning you build in Articulate 360 apps and resources, but they're not intended for use in other ways, such as product brochures.
If you’d like to see the language in our Terms of Service around this, check out section 2.11.
- JairoMunozCommunity Member
Hi Alyssa,
Based on this discussion, I want to be clear on something. Is it safe to use the images and assets from the Articulate Content Library in a PowerPoint presentation that stands alone within our LMS and is not published as presenter or any Articulate product? Is PowerPoint considered an Articulate resource in this case since it is integrated?
Thank you!
Jairo