{"id":10330,"date":"2018-08-31T12:12:49","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T12:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10330"},"modified":"2023-10-31T11:21:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T11:21:09","slug":"save-1000s-by-not-breaking-photographers-copyright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/save-1000s-by-not-breaking-photographers-copyright\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Save \u00a31000’s by NOT breaking photographers copyright!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Copyright tracking just got easier<\/h1>\n

How sure are you that your website images are all legal to use? <\/p>\n

By that, did you buy a licence or hire a photographer – or did you just pop on to Google to get a few shots, assuming no one would ever know. <\/p>\n

And the chances WERE that you’d be very unlucky to be found out. <\/p>\n

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Copytrack and Pixsy<\/h1>\n

These 2 businesses have found a way to help photographers both find copyright infringements and also pursue compensation. <\/p>\n

It’s very simple.. <\/p>\n

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  1. Photographers upload their portfolio <\/li>\n
  2. The software tracks the internet to find matches of all the images you’d uploaded<\/li>\n
  3. We check the “matches” of “hits” <\/li>\n
  4. Any which are not licenced we flag up for legal action<\/li>\n
  5. Pixsy\/Copytrack pursues the infringer for compensation<\/li>\n
  6. No win – no fee – Copytrack take a cut of the compensation<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So fantastic for photographers – we should all be doing this to remind people that though we enjoy creating images, they also have a value and that should be respected. <\/p>\n

    For businesses<\/h1>\n

    This could cost thousands if you’ve got a blog packed full of unlicensed images<\/a> – though it’s the front page of a website which will cost you the most. <\/p>\n

    We’d recommend checking where the shots came from –<\/p>\n