LicenseStream is proud to announce the launch of Snapfish Stock Images in partnership with Snapfish by HP.  The new site will allow image buyers to purchase royalty-free microstock at very competitive rates, and photography hobbyists and professionals now have a new outlet to monetize their valuable images and earn up to 60% of the license fees.

All of us here at LicenseStream are very excited by this new partnership.  Eventually more than a million unique images will be available, providing more images available to buyers to access for use in advertising materials, marketing collateral, billboards, blogs and more.

See the full press release: http://bit.ly/snapfishimages

50% More Credits Free for a Limited Time

Buyers can license images through the purchase of credit packages at http://stockimages.snapfish.com.  For a limited time stock photography buyers can earn 50% more credits FREE with their first purchase! To redeem this special offer Snapfish Stock Images must register and enter promo code 'SNAP50' during purchase.  Hurry, offer ends July 1st, 2011.

Contributors Earn up to 60%

Photo contributors to Snapfish Stock Images can earn up to 60 percent of the licensed revenue from each photo sold through the site. This is significantly more the market rate! Learn more: http://stockimages.snapfish.com.

Snapfish Stock Images Contest! Woo hoo!

We will also be kicking off a contest for all graphic designers, art directors, marketing gurus and more!  Contestants will have a chance to win $2,000 worth of credits on Snapfish Stock Images.  One winner will be chosen each month during June, July and August.  Contest kicks off June 1, 2011.  For official contest rules and guidelines please visit: http://on.fb.me/snapfishstock

We're very excited to host our first webinar with our friends at Snapfish!  For those of you who have already joined Snapfish Stock Images we thank you, for those who haven't yet there's still time to take advantage of the 75-FREE (4x6) prints when you register today.  Anyone can join, you will just need to create a free Snapfish account. 

This webinar is geared to photo contributors and professional photographers.  You will learn more about Snapfish Stock Images and how to get the most out of your membership.  We will discuss the basics of this new service and do a full walk through of the platform.  During this free, one-hour informational presentation we'll cover:

• Selling your images
• What is Snapfish Stock Images?
• Why is there a $12 per year fee & what do I get?
• How do I use my Snapfish Stock Images account?

For your convenience, there are two date and time options. Don't miss out, register now!

Tuesday, MAY 3, 2011
Time: 10:00AM PST / 1:00PM EST
Register for FREE! 

Thursday, MAY 5, 2011
Time: 10:00AM PST / 1:00PM EST
Register for FREE!

For those of you who are not able to attend a recording will be available on the Snapfish Stock Images website for future playback.  We look forward to building a beautiful new image collection that will be available to professional buyers where they can license your images and in the process generate a little extra cash for you.  Click here to learn more about Snapfish Stock Images. 

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With over 90,000 attendees from over a 150 different countries this show promises to be a great opportunity to learn and share best practices of bringing content to life. LicenseStream is excited to be meeting with media and entertainment professionals involved in the creation of music, video, and images, as well as those in the business of content distribution and broadcasting.

Conference Details:

NAB Show

Las Vegas Convention Center

Las Vegas, Nevada

Candice Muarray, Vice President of Business Development, will be on hand meeting with clients, prospects and partners. She will be demonstrating how LicenseStream helps media organizations automate content licensing, royalty settlement and content monitoring. Another powerful solution we will be showcasing is LicenseStream’s Content Tracker that enables companies to detect and curb unauthorized use of their content creating additional opportunities to monetize and discover new markets.

NAB provides a perfect backdrop to show how we optimize your overall product workflow whether content is monetized via direct download, subscription or ad-supported delivery, LicenseStream provides a quick path to market with either turnkey or fully custom deployments.

We look forward to seeing you there! Please contact us to ensure a time is available to secure a one-on-one meeting enterprise@licensestream.com.

A vital component of any brand protection policy, our imperceptible watermarking technology reliably communicates copyright ownership and monitors where images end up on the Web.  So, now that you’ve found misappropriated content what do you do?

Take your online asset protection one step further with Content Tracker, a new solution from LicenseStream now being offered by Digimarc for Images.  Content Tracker equips companies with powerful infringement management tools, bridging the gap between protection and compensation.

Find misappropriated content online? Choose from adaptable templates and create a usage term contract in a matter of seconds.

Want to remove one of your images from an unauthorized site? Draft and issue automated takedown notices and regain control of stolen images.

Want compensation? Easily communicate payment requirements and initiate collections with infringers.

Check out the following video to learn how our combined solution can save you both time and money: Informational video

If you’d like to learn more about Content Tracker and its infringement management tools, please contact us at enterprise@licensestream.com.

Copyright, Beyond the Basics for Media Companies, Content Archives and Creative Professionals

Our first webinar of 2011, this is a follow up to one of our most popular webinars last year Copyright 101.  Hosted by LicenseStream and our friends at Digimarc we’ve invited guest presenter Jonthan Bailey of Plagiarism Today to dive a little deeper on some popular copyright themes and questions.

When: Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Time:  10:00AM PST / 1:00PM EST

Presenters: Jonathan Bailey, Plagiarism Today, Mary Kuch-Nagle, Licensing Executive, Digimarc and Candice Murray, VP Business Development, LicenseStream

Register Now: http://bit.ly/hjg0nF

During this free, one-hour informational webinar we’ll delve into the following:

• An overview of the basics
• Works by multiple authors specifically how this affects copyright
• Basics of Fair Use
• Differences between copyright licensing and transferring
• And much more!
  

We hope you can join us, save your spot and register now: http://bit.ly/hjg0nF

LicenseStream’s Ray Connolly, SVP of Sales, will be in attendance at this year’s MIDEM conference in Cannes, France January 23-26^th 2011.  With nearly 7,000 delegates representing over 3,000 companies from 77 different countries, MIDEM and MidemNet bring together the music industry’s influencers and decision makers from across the globe. MidemNet provides insightful analysis into the rapidly emerging mobile and digital music markets.

This is an exciting event for LicenseStream as we expand into the $30+ billion music and audio content market.  We’ll be demonstrating LicenseStream Content Tracker, which monitors audio across the Internet, it then publishes detailed reports to a secure dashboard including critical information

such as how much music was used and where including website URLs and a downloadable recording of the captured detection.  LicenseStream enables content owners to better monitor licensed and unlicensed uses of their content on the Internet and automate licensing in applicable use cases.

We look forward to meeting with you and sharing how we can help your business thrive in the midst of dynamic digital landscape.  Please contact us at enterprise@licensestream.com to schedule an in person meeting.

Today with Digimarc we announced the successful integration of LicenseStream's Content Tracker into Digimarc for Images – Professional and Small Business Editions.  The expanded services now include automated licensing and payment options, providing creative professionals a seamless solution to monetize, manage, and monitor their image assets, powered by LicenseStream all within their Digimarc for Images account.

What does this mean?  It means that new and existing Digimarc for Images Professional and Small Business Edition users that currently embed (imperceptible) digital watermarks in their images and receive reports of where their content is found online, can now receive those reports via a LicenseStream fully integrated dashboard where they will have a suite of automated options to effectively address and manage any unauthorized use of their content, resulting in new opportunity and potential incremental revenue.  If an image is being used without their permission they can select from the following automated remedies 1) request that they license the content 2) request they provide attribution, a link back to their website or 3) take down the image.

That's powerful!

Click to See full Press Release

Click here to learn more about Content Tracker

A Busy Week in New York for LicenseStream: Visual Connections & PACA International

Starting with Visual Connections on Wednesday, October 13^th, LicenseStream will be showcasing client stock photo collections from the Chicago Tribune, SPIN, NYC Photo Library, Photo Resource Hawaii, the Missouri History Museum, Visions of America, Roth Stock and more.  LicenseStream will present how our platform enables major media companies to bring their vast content collections directly to content buyers and consumers.

View Online Client Showcase: http://www.licensestream.com/showcase

Proud sponsor of PACA’s 2010 Legal Session “Piracy: How to Find It and How to Fight It?”

LicenseStream is proud to be the sponsor of PACA’s 2010 Legal Session “Piracy: How to Find it and How to Fight It?”  The session moderated by PACA Counsel Nancy Wolff will discuss trends & issues concerning the prevalence of content piracy and how to address this growing problem.

During this session LicenseStream’s Candice Murray, Vice President of Business Development, will present how companies are using the LicenseStream platform to not only license their content and drive new revenues but also manage, monitor and remedy unauthorized use of their valuable media assets.  Other panelist include Masterfile President Steve Pigeon, PicScout's Amy Love, and copyright attorney Gregory Victoroff.  The legal session takes place Saturday, Oct. 16th at 11:30AM to 1:00PM at the New York Marriot Downtown (see details below).

Conference Details

Visual Connections Conference
Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Time: 12:00PM to 8:00PM
Location:
Metropolitan Pavilion
125 West 18th St.
New York, NY 10011

PACA 15th International Conference
Legal Session: Saturday, October 16^th 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM EST
Conference Dates: Friday - Sunday, October 15-17, 2010
Location:
The New York Marriott Downtown
85 West Street at Albany Street
New York, NY 10006

ImageSpan and Digimarc yesterday announced their partnership to integrate LicenseStream Content Tracker solution into Digimarc for Images – Professional Edition providing creative professionals a seamless solution to monetize, manage, and monitor their image assets.

Digimarc for Images – Professional Edition users that currently embed imperceptible digital watermarks in their images and receive reports of where their content is found online, will now have the ability to receive reports via a LicenseStream dashboard integrated within the Digimarc for Images solution. The dashboard empowers creative professionals to maximize the value of their image assets with efficiency and ease by providing automated remedies to license and collect payments for use of their image assets.  Targeted for a launch later this year, the solution will be bundled into Digimarc for Images – Professional and Small Business Editions.

This initiative builds on a partnership announced in November where ImageSpan and Digimarc are offering a joint enterprise solution for Stock Photography Agencies, Media Companies, Museums and Archives.

Click to see full press release