CoStar Group Media Rights Terms and Conditions

CoStar Group has invested billions of dollars over several decades building CoStar Group’s digital products and marketplaces which are filled with proprietary content created by CoStar Group. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in an agreement between CoStar Group and a CoStar Group Customer, these CoStar Group Media Rights Terms and Conditions (“Media Terms”) reinforce and supplement all CoStar Group agreements that reference these Media Terms.

• Definitions.
  • CoStar Group: CoStar Group, Inc. and its affiliates, including without limitation the brands listed here: https://www.costargroup.com/about-us/brands
  • CoStar Group Media: Photographs, imagery, videos, virtual tours, and any other media created or acquired by or on behalf of CoStar Group.
  • CoStar Group Customer: Any person who has a current agreement with CoStar Group for a CoStar Group product or service.
  • CoStar Watermark: The five map pins arranged to form a star in the center, regardless of color, displayed on CoStar Group Media: 
• Ownership.
  • CoStar Group retains exclusive ownership and all proprietary rights to all CoStar Group Media.
  • CoStar Group Customers retain all existing ownership rights in any media they submit to CoStar Group through CoStar Group’s products and services.
• Permitted Uses. Each CoStar Group Customer has a limited, revocable, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to use CoStar Group Media depicting each property owned, controlled, or represented by the CoStar Group Customer in connection with the marketing of the property, or the marketing of the CoStar Group Customer’s business, through:
  • CoStar Group products and services; and
  • Excluding videos and virtual tours, on the CoStar Group Customer’s own website, social media accounts, and printed materials.
• Prohibited Uses. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein:
  • CoStar Group Media may not be used or displayed on any third party platforms, websites, or listing services that compete with CoStar Group’s products and services.
  • CoStar Group Media may not be altered or modified in any way, and all CoStar Group branding, watermarks (including the CoStar Watermark, which is an indication of CoStar Group’s copyright ownership) and text, audio tracks and subtitles must be retained in their original form.
  • Any license to CoStar Group Media granted to a CoStar Group Customer ceases at the time such person is no longer a CoStar Group Customer.

Last updated: September 02, 2025