I got my invitation as well and linked my flickr account. It looks interesting and useful tool for seeing what is linked from where (when there are positive matches.
Here are the pricing levels for anyone interested: Free $0/ MO Your Current Plan Track 5,000 Photos Continuous tracking with regular email updates Case Submission Claim compensation for the use of your work Import From Anywhere Instantly import your photos from: Flickr 500px Photoshelter Tumblr Instagram SmugMug Dropbox Your computer Your website Premium $9.99/ MO Upgrade Most popular Track 20,000 Photos Continuous tracking with regular email updates Case Submission Claim compensation for the use of your work DMCA Takedowns Remove your work from Pinterest and other social media sites in one click Advanced Tracking Faster and more comprehensive matching Import From Anywhere Instantly import your photos from: Flickr 500px Photoshelter Tumblr Instagram SmugMug Dropbox Your computer Your website Super $29.99/ MO Upgrade Track 50,000 Photos Continuous tracking with regular email updates Case Submission Claim compensation for the use of your work DMCA Takedowns Remove your work from Pinterest and other social media sites in one click Advanced Tracking Faster and more comprehensive matching Import From Anywhere Instantly import your photos from: Flickr 500px Photoshelter Tumblr Instagram SmugMug Dropbox Your computer Your website On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 2:01 PM, Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
