Darren, this is what my thanks for your interest thing saidexactly.
"Due to high demand we're currently invitation-only. We expect to extend
an invite to you as soon as we can."
with an invite to follow them on facebook - which I did, just to see
if that had any influence.
we'll see
ann
On 1/10/2016 1:58 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
That's how it worked for me too, Ann. I can't remember how long ago I
requested an invite, but it was long enough that I completely forgot
about it - so I'd say at least 15 or 20 minutes.
:)
On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 12:51 PM, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
I requested, got reply but haven't been invited -- apparently they have lots
of interest.. politely siad they
would or might invite in future
ann
On 1/9/2016 7:15 PM, David Parsons wrote:
I just checked it out. They are in beta now, and you request an invite to
join.
On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 7:06 PM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote:
You may have heard about the photographer discovering that one of his
images had been appropriated by ISIS for propaganda purposes. What you
may not have paid attention to is the service that alerted him of the
violation: Pixsy
http://www.pixsy.com/what-to-do-when-isis-steals-your-photo/
I had signed up some time ago for a Pixsy invite but apparently missed
it when it came. However today I noticed a reminder email from them
and used the invitation. I am very impressed with their algorithm's
ability to find where your images are posted. I just fed them my
Flickr account and they (very quickly) about 25 pages full of links
with my image and the suspected image.
There were a lot of images that they found on places where I had
posted them (like forum.mflenses.com, pentaxforums.com, etc.) and
there were a lot of inexplicable false positives, they also found a
good number of actual unauthorized uses by businesses and
organizations. What was ESPECIALLY impressive was that their algorithm
found my image inside composite images that had been made by the
infringer, one case where the infringed usage of the image was
somewhat cropped, and another where it was used in a slider graphic
and faded out to one side (in otherwords, my image, but modified by
the infinger. This was pretty impressive!
You can submit a claim with Pixsy and they will negotiate a licensing
fee with the infringer and pay the photographer 50%.
However, since they are new, I can't find any info on how much those
negotitated fees might actually be. So for now, I plan to use Pixsy
simply as my "bloodhound" and turn the infringements over to a real
copyright/photo attorney. It may be slower, but I don't think
attorney's charge THAT much unless they actually go to court, and
being attorneys I'll bet they get higher amounts than Pixsy will. (At
least two of my infringers are pretty big name web sites).
Here is the Pixsy blog: https://www.pixsy.com/blog/
An article from fstoppers from back in March:
https://fstoppers.com/business/exclusive-sneak-peek-inside-pixsy-beta-60219
https://www.pixsy.com/sign-up/
In addition to negotiation licenses, you can also quickly issue a DCMA
takedown notice using images that Pixsy finds that belong to you.
Hope someone finds this useful.
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