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NEW YORK & HERZELIYA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE) --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's 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 Herzeliya, 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.
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