Permission is easy! Why not provide a simple “okay” to my email request?
Requests for free usage of our photos typically come as email messages containing very ambiguous and broad usage descriptions, and the requestor generally assumes that a simple “okay” response is all that’s required from us. Unfortunately, beyond offering our Evaluation Usage License at no charge, we cannot respond to an ambiguous email request with a simple “okay” and expect to maintain full copyright control of our images. Therefore, we must take the time to write a specific and legally-binding license.