- Sold between 10 000 and 50 000 dollars
- Referred between 10 and 49 users
- Bought between 10 and 49 items
- Exclusive Author
- Has been a member for 2-3 years
- United Kingdom
I notice of late a lot of themes are using flickr images that use Attribution-NonCommercial for their previews..
I suppose the image itself isn’t being distributed, so it isn’t being ‘sold’ – but it is being used commercially in that clearly it is being used to derive commercial benefit.
Anyone know what the correct interpretation here is?
- Envato Staff
- Sold between 100 000 and 250 000 dollars
- Support Staff
- United States
- Author had a Free File of the Month
- Microlancer Beta Tester
- Beta Tester
- Interviewed on the Envato Notes blog
The way I interpret it is if the images are not being sold (i.e. not inside the purchased download package) then it falls within the Attribution-Noncommercial license.
- Sold between 250 000 and 1 000 000 dollars
- Community Moderator
- Author was Featured
- Item was Featured
- Bought between 50 and 99 items
- Referred between 1000 and 1999 users
- Has been a member for 3-4 years
- Repeatedly Helped protect Envato Marketplaces against copyright violations
ThemeShaper said
it is being used commercially in that clearly it is being used to derive commercial benefit.
I agree. I don’t think you can use non-commercial licensed images for a commercial purpose no matter what. Whether it is being redistributed or not is independent of the commercial issue. You couldn’t use non-commercially licensed images on an e-commerce site either (or any site that has commercial implications I believe).
In any event, better safe than sorry 
If someone is using images in an effort to earn money, they should be licensed for commercial use.
