I just sent off for an invitation to join. Thanks for the link! Cheers, Christine
> On Jan 11, 2016, at 12:33 PM, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > > I just got in... > Had to reread what you wrote below to see the terms of chasing down perps > (50%) I had a little under 2,000 hits - most of these are smugmug and > cafepress which are legal - and a few false positives too among my design > images - and one scary one so far > > Wrote them to ask how I filter out the tons of legal ones and waiting for > reply > > thanks for pointing it out > > ann > > On 1/9/2016 7:06 PM, Darren Addy 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. > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
