The premise in your question is wrong. If they wanted a stock photo of a VHS tape and rights to use it, they should have gone to one of the countless stock phot

The premise in your question is wrong. If they wanted a stock photo of a VHS tape and rights to use it, they should have gone to one of the countless stock photo sites, searched for "VHS" and bought it. Not just randomly google image search for VHS and hope they found something that's free to use.