Pixabay Gmbh

Place: Ulm

Born: 2010

Biography:

Pixabay is a free stock photography and royalty-free stock media website. It is used for sharing photos, illustrations, vector graphics, film footage, stock music and sound effects, exclusively under the custom Pixabay license. The site was founded in November 2010 in Ulm, Germany, by Hans Braxmeier and Simon Steinberger. Prior to 9th January 2019, Pixabay images were released under the CC0 declaration, which deeds content into the public domain. On that day, it imposed a custom, more restrictive license on all of its content, and changed its license to the 'Pixabay License', which prohibits the sale of unaltered copies of the licensed works, or distribution as stock images or wallpapers. In November 2018, Pixabay, along with Pexels, was acquired by the Australian design and publishing platform Canva.