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. > -- > Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- My Year38 365 project http://year38.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
