PicScout signs Index Stock Imagery as a customer for its image management and monitoring service
Herzeliya and New York, May 3, 2004 - Today PicScout announced that Index Stock chose its Image-Tracker Service to monitor the usage of more than 500,000 right-protected images of Index Stock databases.
The Image Tracker service is being adopted by leading stock photography agencies around the world which seek a better way to monitor and enforce the use of right-protected images over the Internet. The service is based on PicScout's proprietary image recognition and crawling technology. Agencies can easily upload their copyrighted images into the PicScout servers which then crawl the web and detect images from the data base, even if they have been cropped, resized, or colorized. PicScout then provides detailed reports which form the basis to recapture lost revenue.
By using this service, Index Stock hopes to improve the control of its library and benefit its artists. "Our artists create wonderful art," explains Bahar Gidwani, CEO of Index Stock Imagery. "We are entrusted with protecting their work and helping them realize the value they deserve from its use."
"Piracy is a major problem for the stock photography industry. We are proud to work with Index Stock, a pioneer in electronic distribution, and turn infringements into new sales opportunities," states Eyal Gura, CEO of PicScout.
About PicScout
PicScout is a leading technology provider of the stock photography industry. The company offers solutions for image owners to control and protect their images in the information age. PicScout's image recognition solution enables the comparison of image databases with individual images that are being used in commercial web sites. Based on this technology, PicScout provides a number of services to the stock photography industry. These services enable stock photo agencies to enforce their copyrights, better control their assets, develop new billing methods and increase their customer base. PicScout manages more than 1 million images for the world's most prestigious image libraries.
About Index Stock
Index Stock Imagery, The Independent Choice For Your Imagination, is an award winning and innovative supplier of digital images. It was the first stock agency to begin storing and distributing images electronically. It started scanning its collection in 1992, and launched its first e-commerce site in 1994. The agency now has 650,000 images available online - one of the largest and most complete collections of commercial images in the world. Its collection includes 75,000 Royalty Free images, along with emailable lightbox and shopping cart functionality. Qualified customers receive customized price grids and high-res comps. Mac users can enjoy a Mac interface and all loyal customers receive gifts through the Image Points Program featured on the Index site.
For further information contact us at:
PicScout Ze'ev Rozov
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Index Stock Pat Hunt
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Index Stock Imagery
23 West 18th Street 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212-929-4644
Fax: (212) 633-1914