Jupitermedia's Jupiterimages Division Engages with PicScout to Fight Copyright Piracy
New York, NY and Herzeliya, Israel - Apr 16, 2007 – PicScout, a technology-enabled solutions provider has been selected by Jupiterimages, a division of Jupitermedia Corporation, (Nasdaq: JUPM) to track the usage of Jupiterimages content.
PicScout's Image Tracker™ is the market standard for monitoring visual assets. This service applies some of the most sophisticated crawling and image recognition technology in the world, and is capable of detecting images even if they have been altered or distorted. With a proven four year track record, PicScout has successfully generated enormous returns to content owners, via copyright compliance licensing deals and an increased customer base.
Over the last few years, Jupiterimages has been strengthening its rights-managed business and solidifying its position as one of the largest providers of rights-managed images worldwide. Following acquisitions of many leading RM stock photo libraries, Jupiterimages is proactively addressing the need to monitor its assets and track misuses.
"As our rights-managed image business has grown, we’ve been proactively researching various solutions to better control the unauthorized usage of our various RM content and to protect our contributors. We are pleased to work with PicScout on this important initiative for us on our community," stated Alan M. Meckler, Chairman and CEO of Jupitermedia Corporation.
"Our goal at PicScout is to empower content owners through innovation and provide them with technological tools to grow their business. As one of the major industry players, Jupiterimages choice to use our service emphasizes our leadership position and we are excited to build on a long-standing relationship and take this partnership forward" added Eyal Gura, PicScout Co-Founder and CEO.
About PicScout
With offices in San Francisco, CA and Herzelia, Israel, PicScout (www.picscout.com) is a leading technology-enabled services provider to the digital content industry. The company offers solutions, for visual assets owners and users, to better control and distribute their proprietary visual files across all media. PicScout solutions are based on proprietary image and video recognition technology, advanced Internet crawling capabilities and a robust system that compares millions of files 24/7. The company's Image Tracker™ is the industry standard for visual assets tracking, serving over 6 million visual files of the world's most prestigious content owners.
About Jupiterimages
Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq: JUPM) (www.jupitermedia.com), headquartered in Darien, CT, is a leading global provider of images, original information and events for information technology, business and creative professionals. Jupitermedia includes Jupiterimages, one of the leading images companies in the world with over 7.0 million images online serving creative professionals with brands like BananaStock, Workbook Stock, Brand X Pictures, FoodPix, Botanica, Nonstock, The Beauty Archive, IFA Bilderteam, Comstock Images, Creatas Images, PictureQuest, Liquid Library, Thinkstock Images, Thinkstock Footage, Bigshot Media, Goodshoot, ITStockFree, Stock Image, Pixland, Photos.com, Ablestock.com, PhotoObjects.net, Clipart.com, FlashFoundry.com, Stockxpert.com, AnimationFactory.com, RoyaltyFreeMusic.com, StudioCutz.com and JupiterGreetings.com. The media segment of Jupitermedia consists of the internet.com online division, which operates four distinct networks: internet.com and EarthWeb.com for IT and business professionals; DevX.com for developers; and Graphics.com for creative professionals. The internet.com online division includes more than 150 Web sites and over 150 e-mail newsletters that are viewed by over 20 million users and generate over 400 million page views monthly. In addition, the media segment includes internet.com events, which produces offline conferences and trade shows focused on IT and business-specific topics including ISPCON, INBOX, bITa USA and Web Video Summit.
For information on PicScout contact:
Maya Bar
Director of Marketing and Sales
415-874-3222
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or visit us at http://www.picscout.com
For information on Jupitermedia Corporation contact:
Michael DeMilt
VP of Marketing
212-547-7938
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