Royalty-free, plain-English terms.

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What "royalty-free" actually means here

You pay one flat fee per listing, then use the footage as many times as you want within the bounds of your tier — forever. No per-impression royalties. No recurring fees. No license expiration date. No annoying re-licensing emails six months later.

The catch (a small one): the license attaches to you — the buyer, individual or company. It isn’t transferable to a third party, and it isn’t resellable as stock footage. The finished work you create with the footage is yours to distribute under your tier’s terms.

What Standard ($79) covers

Standard is built for the most common commercial use: a single end-product going to a single end-client, distributed primarily through digital channels.

• Owned media — your website, your blog, your YouTube channel, your social accounts.
• Paid digital ads — YouTube ads, Meta, TikTok, programmatic display, up to a combined 500,000 paid impressions per project.
• Client work — agency-to-client deliverables, single end client per license. (Multi-client retainers need Extended.)
• Real-estate marketing — MLS listings, brokerage YouTube tours, IG reels, listing presentations, individual property campaigns.
• Internal corporate — investor decks, training videos, internal-comms reels, trade-show loops.
• Indie / festival film — short films, festival submissions, student films, documentaries with non-broadcast distribution.
• Editorial — news segments distributed online, podcast b-roll, blog post embeds.
• Edits — cut it, color it, comp it, key the sky out, slow it down. The only thing you can’t do is redistribute the unedited source as your own stock.

When you need Extended ($299)

Extended exists for the use cases where Standard’s caps would be a problem — large reach, broadcast distribution, multi-client agency models, and anything you’re reselling as part of a product.

• Broadcast TV, streaming originals, theatrical film. Netflix, Hulu, Prime, HBO, network TV, anything in a movie theater.
• Unlimited paid impressions. If your ad campaign will obviously blow past 500K, Extended up front is cheaper than re-licensing mid-flight.
• Agency work across multiple end clients. If your shop wants to use the same footage for two different brands, that’s Extended.
• Products-for-resale. Video templates, LUTs, course assets, training-program b-roll, stock-library re-uploads, NFTs, merchandise. Anything where the footage is part of what your customer is buying.
• Out-of-home advertising at scale. Times Square boards, stadium screens, mall LED walls.

Most buyers don’t need Extended. If you’re not sure which tier fits, just ask — I’d rather you license the right tier than the wrong one.

What neither tier covers

A short list of things you can’t do regardless of the tier you license:

• Resell the file itself as stock footage on another platform.
• Use the footage in a way that defames a person, business, or property visible in the frame.
• Imply endorsement. The fact that a brand, athlete, or property is visible in a clip doesn’t mean they endorse your product. Don’t imply otherwise.
• Use the footage with trademarked brand assets in a way that violates the trademark holder’s rights. Stadiums, logos, signage, jerseys — you may need a separate trademark/talent release depending on your use. Editorial and commentary use is generally fine; using a stadium clip in an ad selling tickets to a competing event is not.
• Train AI models / generative datasets on the licensed footage. Both tiers prohibit this. (Custom AI-training licenses can be negotiated separately — ask.)

How licensing actually works today

Right now, licensing is handled personally rather than through automated checkout. The flow:

1. Pick a listing on the catalog. Click "Request License" on that listing’s page.
2. Fill out the short form — tier, intended use, contact info.
3. You’ll get a reply from me within one business day with an invoice (Stripe / wire / PayPal — your call).
4. Once payment clears, the 4K master is delivered via signed download link the same day, usually within a few hours. Photos arrive as full-resolution JPGs in the same package.
5. The license terms above apply automatically. You don’t need to sign anything; the receipt + this page are the contract.

Direct checkout via Stripe is on the roadmap — the manual flow is intentional while volume is low so I can confirm fit and answer questions before you commit.

Refunds, takedowns, archive

Refunds: Full refund within 14 days if you haven’t used the footage in a published or distributed work. After that, refunds are case-by-case — email me with the order details and I’ll handle it directly.

Takedowns: If a listing is later removed from the public catalog, your license persists. The masters stay archived; if you lose your local copy, email me and I’ll re-deliver at no charge.

Trademark / location releases: The license covers my rights as the creator of the footage. It does not grant you trademark or model releases for any third-party brands, logos, or people visible in the frame. For most editorial and commercial use that’s a non-issue; for high-stakes commercial work that prominently features a recognizable trademark, talk to your legal team.