Caia Images Tasks Image Protect (IMTL) for Full Infringement Monitoring for Key Collection
Image Protect Expands into $79.6B UK Market
SAN CLEMENTE, CA--(Marketwired - Oct 13, 2017) - Image Protect Inc. (OTC: IMTL) (imageprotect.com), the
global leader in end-to-end copyright software, announces a partnership with UK-based Caia Images. With a global distribution
reach, and a creative eye for capturing that perfect moment, the Caia Image collection offers content that is aspirational,
emotional, and above all, relevant for today.
Image Protect will immediately begin monitoring the Caia Image collection for online copyright infringement.
"Caia Images offers the very best images from across the creative industry. By selecting Image Protect to monitor their
growing collection of beautiful lifestyle imagery, Caia and its distinguished community of professional photographers are
choosing to educate and help defend against the growing epidemic of unauthorized use of images across the Internet," said COO of
Image Protect Jonathan Thomas.
Last year, Google received just over 75 million DMCA-related takedown requests in the month of March, representing a new high
as content owners seek to keep pirate websites out of search results and invisible to people searching for leaked album
downloads, movies, and other media. The rate at which the requests have grown is truly staggering. Google is Asked to Remove
100,000 'Pirate Links' Every Hour of the day.
Furthermore, the UK market is an especially interesting opportunity. According to the Intellectual Property Office in the UK,
online piracy continues to rise among Brits. In addition, Image Protects internal data suggests that a single image may appear an
average of 12.72 times across the internet without payment or license. A recent Statista report demonstrates that the UK accounts
for roughly 3.99% of Instagram activity, and Instagram accounts worldwide for just shy of 5% of digital online photography (from
a Mylio.com 2015 report).
That suggests Brits may account for roughly 613 million Instagram photos per year, and 12.26 billion digital online
photographs annually, representing over $79.6B in lost or forfeit infringement damages due to unlicensed or pirated image use in
the UK each year. With this deal, Image Protect has begun to make inroads into that potentially vast UK online digital visual IP
protection market.
About Caia Images
Founded in 2013, Caia Image is a collective of photographers, film-makers, producers and art directors producing
some of the best rights managed/royalty free imagery and footage available to the creative industry today. With its absolute
commitment to quality and uncompromising production values, Caia's collection offers content that is aspirational, emotional and
above all relevant for today.
About Image Protect
Image Protect protects and monetizes creative works. By uniting technology with a team of copyright experts, we
ensure that content providers preserve the value of their digital assets. Our web application monitors the global Internet to
seek and collect evidence for illegally used visual content. Then our legal partners across North America, Europe, and Asia
ensure our clients receive appropriate compensation for work used without valid license.
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