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ImageIRC reaches the 100 million image mark
ImageIRC Now Ensures That More Than 100 Million Images Get Their Credit! We are proud to announce that the ImageIRC registry now includes more than 100 million images from over 200 image partners. These images include content from numerous collections and partners, including a significant portion of new content from Getty Images. With this new...
Elaborating on the ImageIRC Post-Usage billing Service
Earlier this week, Fred Wilson of AVC wrote a thought-provoking post that calls for “Fast, Fair, and Frictionless Content Licensing On The Internet” to address the complexities of image licensing and compensation within image-rich platforms. In this post, Fred mentions the ImageIRC and how it can facilitate “instantaneous real-time self service licensing on the Internet.”...
Searching for Images on Safari and Chrome Just Got Easier
Today was an exciting day for the PicScout team. We started off the day by hosting a successful webinar on image copyright with Noam Galai, who recounted the fascinating story of how his self-portraits were taken from his Flickr account and used in more than 40 countries around the world. In addition, copyright attorney John...
The Power of Guerilla Marketing
Macworld 2011 was taken over by a sea of pink last Thursday and Friday as PicScout set out to spread the word about ImageExchange among the 40,000 Mac enthusiasts who registered for the 4-day conference and trade show. Guerilla marketing works well when you can combine user enthusiasm with a legitimate reason for being at...
Promoting the Latest in Imaging at Macworld
Over 40,000 consumers will be at Macworld in San Francisco this week, and PicScout will be there in a sea of pink to greet them. On Thursday and Friday, the PicScout team will promote ImageExchange and SnapilyPro, our co-sponsor for the event, to crowds of Apple enthusiasts. To make sure people don’t miss us, and...
Growing the Image Marketplace through Social Media
Controlling your marketing impact is no longer tied so tightly to your carefully crafted “Brand Identity,” how you want to be perceived. Today, your “Brand Image,”’ the perception in the mind of your audience, is far more likely to be shaped by what your users and detractors have to say about you. Whether it’s on...
ImageExchange Powers Creative Economy Online
There’s an “unintended Napster effect” taking place today in the world of digital publishing. With the advent of the iPad and other digital devices, software solutions enabling Web 2.0 “presto publishing,” and the proliferation of social networking sites like Facebook, where everyone shares everything, unintended use of rights-protected images is running rampant. Case in point:...
A Designer’s Perspective: How One Tool Eliminates Hours of Frustration!
By Craig Hooper, Analogue, a boutique design studio based in Ottawa, Canada All professions have their share of frustrations, and I think many creative professionals would agree that some of our more common frustrating moments occur when we’re searching for images. The other day I found myself in one of those moments. I was looking...
In a World of Immediacy, the New ImageExchange UI Allows Creative Pros to Find Licensable Images “Right Now!”
Today’s world is all about “right now” – and when that immediacy involves digital devices – it’s all about simplicity and minimal clicks to serve your needs. When you combine this immediacy with using digital images, it’s all about Instant Image ID for creative pros and ensuring Every Image Gets Its Credit for content creators....
Hawaiian Art Network Sustains Global Business with ImageTracker™
Hawaiian Art Network first began using ImageTracker in November 2009, when infringements became an intolerable problem. “While everyone in the network was enthusiastic about the popularity of the [Hawaiian Art Network] websites, they also began to fear the accelerating infringements,” said Glen Carner, Member, Hawaiian Art Network. “The more popular our sites became, the more...
Install ImageExchange – Win an Apple iPad
The BAPLA Picture Buyers’ Fair is bigger than ever, and PicScout is bringing ImageExchange to a needy UK audience of Picture Buyers. Install ImageExchangeTM between now and Thursday, May 20, print out a copy of your successful install page and bring it to us at PBF, booth #32. PicScout will give away two iPads at...
ImageExchange Moves to Open Beta – Simplified User Experience Expands User Base
No-registration required installation and owner identified images make image search simple We all know the KISS principle. The general consensus is that this is good practice which one should aspire to deliver. While simplicity can’t be overrated, it can be overdone. Getting simple just right can be tricky, as even Albert Einstein cautions, “Make everything...