royalty question

[signed off]

Hi all, I purchased some illustrated photo's off of Dreamstime and Canstock photo's for a clients story board that they were using to pitch a book idea to a publisher, it seems like the book might be a hit and the client wants to use the photo's in the book. Since I ( client) has already paid for the photo's can they continue to use them (even if he sells thousand of books) or is there a limit as to how many times you can use it
just asking
thanks in advance

 

[J Hill Designs]

depends on the various stock photo TOU policy

sometimes you pay extra for 'royalty free' rights

 

[ChrisN]

Here's Dreamstime's policy:

http://www.dreamstime.com/faq29-what-s-the-maximum-amount-of-copies-allowed

Looks like you're not allowed more than 500k copies with the normal license, although other licenses are available for unlimited copies.

CanStock's policy is similar: http://www.canstockphoto.com/faq.php#_question2

 

[Billct2]

Tea, that's pretty standard with stock images, one price for limited use and another to "own" it.