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About

Pixsy is an award-winning legal-tech service for online image protection. Pixsy is actively protecting the visual property of more than 45,000 photographers, agencies, artists and illustrators. Their pioneering AI-powered software is currently monitoring more than 50 million images. Working with 26 partner law firms to uphold rights, Pixsy has handled 75,000 copyright infringement cases and has recovered millions in lost licensing revenue, helping to safeguard the future of our creative industries.

Mission

Pixsy’s mission is to empower creatives around the world to be in control of where and how their work is used online. We provide a suite of tailor-made tools and services to find, manage and resolve cases if copyright infringement. Pixsy ensures easy access for artists to expert legal advice and support, and recovers lost licensing revenue on their behalf. We take complicated copyright and intellectual property law and make is easy and accessible to everyone.

Key Facts & Figures

Founded in 2014 by creatives, for creatives to find and fight image theft.

85% of the images uploaded to the web are used without permission or license.

Pixsy monitors more than 50 million images for 45,000 clients each day online.

Pixsy search technology has found 250 million matches of our clients’ images.

Pixsy has handled 75,000 cases of copyright infringement and partners with 26 different law firms internationally.

Contact

Rebecca Burgess
press@pixsy.com
+1 323 284 9404
+49 30 217 80550

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Press Releases

10-SEP-2019 – Pixsy acquires blockchain image protection startup Binded.com
Today all Binded users can enjoy our market-leading copyright registration and case resolution services. Since 2017 Binded have grown their community to over 15,000 creatives who protect their copyrights.

09-APR-2019 – Pixsy & Flickr announce a strategic partnership
A new strategic partnership between industry giant Flickr and Pixsy, an image monitoring and legal-tech service, offers photographers the first-ever, fully integrated end-to-end solution to protect their work.

18-SEP-2018 – Netflix sued by photographer Sean Heavey
When Sean Heavey saw one of his images used in hit Netflix show “Stranger Things”, as well as Netflix original film “How It Ends”, he knew he had to stand up for his rights as a creative. With the support of legal-tech service Pixsy, he filed a lawsuit to protect his copyright.

5-JUL-2018 – Brammer v. Violent Hues
The copyright industry is rallying behind leading image protection service Pixsy, and specialist Lawyer David Deal – as they fight a controversial court ruling.

7-MAR-2018 – Pixsy: To Blockchain or not to Blockchain
Pixsy’s CEO, Kain Jones, details what all the hype is about and how Blockchain applies to photographers and image owners.

24-APR-2018 – The “monkey selfie” saga is FINALLY over
In 2011 nature photographer David Slater traveled to the forests of Indonesia, where he encountered a curious crested macaque by the name of Naruto. A series of events were set in motion, that left photographers, lawyers, and animal rights activists across the globe enthralled. The resulting image, dubbed “the monkey selfie” started a fascinating court battle that finally came to a close yesterday.

15-JUL-2015 – What to do when ISIS steals your photo
Dealing with a typical case if image theft is one thing, but what do you do when the worlds largest terrorist organization steals your work?

26-SEP-2014 – Is Etsy the new silk road for copyright infringement?
“When Pixsy’s founder Daniel Foster found his work being sold on Etsy, he decided to investigate”