It's an evolution away from the previous norm of complicated usage-based licensing schemes that fall under the term Rights Managed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wi

It's an evolution away from the previous norm of complicated usage-based licensing schemes that fall under the term Rights Managed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rights_Managed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rights_Managed They're still in use, but represent a smaller share of a much larger pie created by Royalty-Free licenses.