Nevertheless,
"Yes, but..." You still take a risk when you use such services.
They say you can use them for almost anything as long as you don't resell as in a collection of images or use on mugs or tee shirts, etc. But read the service agreement! This is from bigstockphotos.com which is mentioned.
"...you must obtain consent from the owners of the intellectual property when necessary to comply with intellectual property laws. Absent an explicit written statement from BigStockPhoto stating otherwise, you should assume that no consent from persons or owners of property depicted in an image has been given regarding publication and that model and property releases are not available from BigStockPhoto or its content providers. Further, BigStockPhoto makes no claims or warranties as to the validity of the model or property releases associated with any image and such releases should be verified by you and that such usage shall be at your risk."
The likelyhood of getting into trouble may be slight, I don't know. But if someone is in the picture and you don't have a personally signed release you are subject to prosecution.
I take my own pics and never use one in business without a signed release from everyone in a picture. It is unfortunate but the times call for care.
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