License for Paid Art
Purchasing art from this site grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferrable license to use the art. Unless otherwise noted on the sales page, the art can be used in an unlimited number of personal or commercial apps (or digital medium, such as YouTube videos, or advertisements for your games or videos).
- You can NOT resell the art source files (PNG, JPG, Asprite file, etc) or slightly modified version of the art. You can not redistribute the art or modified version of the art in a manner that would make some or all of the art files useable to another end user via the app. For example, an app that uses the art as part of the play of the game is fine. An app that allows the user to save or export a modified version of the artwork itself is not fine.
- You may not use the art in a template of any nature for distribution or sale to third parties.
- You may not sell the art as part of an App Marketplace sale. For example, on sites like Marketplace.Apptopia.com or Binpress.com, that sell entire code projects with all the art assets enclosed. This of course is just another means of redistributing the art (or modified version), which is not allowed.
- You may not upload the original art files on a website in a complete or archived downloadable format that would make them accessible to others. Backing up to your personal Dropbox, Google Drive, etc is fine. Use among team members to create a multi-person game is also fine as long as team members do not use the art for their own personal use. Example Studio A buys an art pack. Team member B is making their own game not related to Studio A. Team member B must rebuy the art for use in their game, however team member B can use the art for the games Studio A creates.
There are no refunds on digital products once you have downloaded them on your system. Our paid licenses are specifically intended for use in digital media, such as an online game, mobile app, PC game, etc. Using the art in promotional materials for the app or game is allowed, for example, as part of the App Icon or Featured Images of the app. You may also use the art in YouTube videos. If you intend to use the work in vastly different way, please get in touch with Petersen Labs. For example, if you are writing a programming book and need graphics for print, that would require a different licensing agreement. If you aren’t sure of something that is not addressed explicitly in this license, assume it is not allowed and please contact us via support for clarification and permission.
Regarding ownership of the art: the artist (licensor) owns all proprietary rights in and to all copyrightable works and has the exclusive right to license others to produce, copy, make, or sell their art. Plainly speaking, the artist is the copyright holder, but you are granted a license to use the art in your app or game based on the terms above.
The artist will never make a copyright claim against that usage, nor could any other licensee of the same art package (as they are not the copyright holder).
Your app does require attribution or credit to the original artist or Petersen Labs.