Case Studies: Copyright Communication

Major Stock Photo Agency

End User
Stock photography and media supplier.

Market Need
Identify out of scope, unauthorized uses of their digital imagery on the Internet.

Business Solution
Digitally watermark all low and medium resolution imagery distributed on-line. Subsequently, using web crawlers to identify copyrighted imagery through the presence of their unique digital watermark.

Real World Experience
Identifies up to 50 cases of unauthorized commercial use of their images per month. Each case is directed to sales for follow-up, or directed to the legal compliance group for actions such as recapturing otherwise lost revenue.