<b>Image license schema unlocks a badge most publishers ignore</b>

<b>Image license schema unlocks a badge most publishers ignore</b>
<a href="https://schema.org/license">License</a> and <code>acquireLicensePage</code> on <code>ImageObject</code> power Google Images' 'Licensable' badge plus a 'Get this image' link — a surface that's been live for years and is still wildly underused outside stock sites.

The leverage — for original photography or graphics, this badge signals 'this is a real source you can license,' which boosts both click-through and the perception of authorship. <code>creditText</code>, <code>creator</code>, and <code>copyrightNotice</code> round it out and travel with the image into AI contexts.

What it means for you — if you shoot original images (event coverage, product shots, infographics), add license metadata. You claim a badge competitors leave empty and you stamp authorship the moment your image gets scraped.

Watch this: provenance metadata is becoming the AI-era proof-of-authorship layer.