Internet Company Launches to Help Protect Photographers and Stock-Photo Agencies from Copyright Infringement

ImageRights International, an Internet-based services company, today announced the availability of its first service-ImageRights-a low-cost, easy to use solution designed to help protect the copyrights of photographers and stock-photo agencies. Targeted to the estimated three million worldwide commercial photographers, ImageRights is applying visual search and image recognition technology to track the use of photographs and illustrations across the Internet, enabling rights holders to discover and ultimately recover fees for the unlicensed use of their works.

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