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The Rights DeskPicture licensing, explained

The Rights Desk explains picture licensing for UK buyers, from rights-managed and royalty-free deals to releases, orphan works and AI image provenance.

The Rights Desk

Contact The Rights Desk

A picture editor at a desk by a tall window, reviewing prints for licensing checks.
The desk reviews prints before reading the licence, a habit this reference keeps on every shelf.

You can write to contact@imagesources.org if you have a correction to an article, a public source that should be added, or a question about picture licensing, releases, or provenance.

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