You may have noticed that Google has recently started including the copyright information in Image results. In this example you can see a new link called “Image credits”, right underneath the preview: This is very good news. Thanks to the new information available, based on metadata, it’s easier to contact creators and rightsholders to make a proper use of the work.… Read more →
Date: October 5th, 2018. 5th Annual NY Media Festival. About Rights Tech Summit RightsTech Summit is an annual meeting point for professionals from all corners of the media industries, framed within the New York Media Festival. It’s a space for conferences that analyze the latest trends in the art market, and innovations in management and monetization of rights. The project is a… Read more →
It’s our 11th anniversary. An occasion that we would like to celebrate by taking a short pause and reflect. It seems to be the right time to take a deep breath, analyze where we are, and choose in which direction to move on. There’s a series of thoughts that we’d like to share with you, for you and for… Read more →
On Sept. 12, the European Parliament passed the new Copyright Directive for the European Single Market. This marks the beginning of the three-party negotiations necessary before the final approval of the Directive, which will be subject to vote soon, at the beginning of 2019. If the final version after these negotiations passes, each EU country shall have a maximum of… Read more →
Date: October the 5th, 2018. For the 5th Annual NY Media Festival. From movies and music to publishing, photography, and the fine arts the annual RightsTech Summit in New York City brings together a unique cross-section of artists, engineers, rights owners, entrepreneurs, and investors from all corners of the media industries to discover and discuss the latest innovations in the… Read more →
Brussels, June 19th, 2018. We’re happy to announce a new partnership, which has been made official during the ARDITO project final conference: “ARDITO: Updating the Internet”. Summary: Safe Creative will offer copyright information to ARDITO, in order to create permanent ids to this data and improve its accessibility and diffusion. What is ARDITO? ARDITO is a project started by… Read more →
Did you know that 40% of the works registered in Safe Creative are literary works? And it’s not surprising. In this category, you can find writings that range from fiction narrative to essays, poetry, blog articles, guides, technical documentation… If you wonder how other people are using Safe Creative, here are some recent statistics, as in May 2018: Why more copyright… Read more →
“Powering change: Women in innovation and creativity“. This is the theme of 2018’s World Intellectual Property Day, a celebration that takes place every April 26. The campaign will focus on celebrating “the brilliance, ingenuity, curiosity, and courage of the women who are driving change in our world and shaping our common future.” (World Intellectual Property Organization) We love the topic,… Read more →
Image Protect is our online image tracking partner. If you aren’t using it yet, it’s an unbelievably useful system for photographers which uses industry-leading software to find where photos are being used. Once you activate it, it constantly and automatically searches for the photos you pick. Also, its platform brings together visual artists and copyright experts. This way, Image Protect… Read more →
Next February 20, 2018, a new set of rules will be set in effect at the US Copyright Office. It will regulate the number of unpublished photos that users can register at one time, setting of 750. This limit could as a consequence increase the cost of registering unpublished photos at USCO, so we recommend photographers to register before that… Read more →
