Can you pass on your Adobe Stock royalties when you die?
Adobe reviews requests about Adobe Stock royalties after a death case by case.
Protecting Adobe Stock royalties while the account is active
No beneficiary designation, royalties can only be redeemed, not transferred, and 7-step plan.
How to protect your Adobe Stock royalties while you are alive →Someone died. Handling Adobe Stock royalties after a death
Transfer is handled on a case-by-case basis, 6-step process, and 6 required documents.
What happens to Adobe Stock royalties when someone dies →Adobe Stock Contributor is the creator side of Adobe Stock: photographers, illustrators and videographers upload images, vectors and footage and earn royalties each time their work is licensed, paid out through PayPal, Payoneer or Skrill.
Adobe decides what happens to Adobe Stock royalties after a death case by case; its terms promise no transfer. Adobe allows no lifetime transfer of royalties; the account holder can only redeem them.
What happens to Adobe Stock at death
- Case by case
Adobe's payment obligations survive termination of the Contributor Agreement unless Adobe terminates it for cause, so an unpaid royalty balance is owed to the contributor rather than forfeited at death. The account and portfolio are raised with Contributor Relations case by case.1
Naming who acts after a death
- Designation
There is no way to name someone to act on an Adobe Stock contributor account after a death; the account is tied to the contributor's individual Adobe ID.1
Sources1
- 1.Adobe Stock Contributor Agreement (Product Specific Terms to Adobe General Terms of Use), effective June 18, 2024
Adobe publishes its own process for a deceased person's account: Close account due to death, incapacitation, or incarceration; a request goes in through Adobe's online form. There is no way to name a beneficiary or successor on an Adobe Stock account.
Sources
Data sourced from Adobe Inc. primary sources (5 pages reviewed). How we research.
Adobe Stock customer support
Adobe Stock Contributor Relations
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