Stock media refers to a range of pre-produced media content available for licensing and use in various projects or productions. This includes photographs, video footage, music, sound effects, illustrations, and vector graphics. Stock media is typically created by professional photographers, videographers, musicians, and artists who sell licenses to their works through stock media agencies or platforms. These licenses allow individuals, businesses, and organizations to use the content in their own projects, such as websites, marketing materials, advertisements, films, and presentations, without the need to produce original content. Stock media can be offered under different licensing models, including royalty-free, rights-managed, or Creative Commons licenses, each with its own terms of use, restrictions, and pricing structures. Royalty-free licenses, for example, typically allow buyers to use the media in multiple projects without paying additional fees, while rights-managed licenses may offer more exclusive rights for a specific use or duration.
