Recent Stock Photo Industry Press Releases

Digimarc for Images 4.0 Helps Enterprises Better Manage and Monitor Image Assets in the Digital Age

New enterprise solution addresses top customer requests for effective image management and tracking on the Web

Beaverton, OR, Nov. 09, 2009. Digimarc Corporation (NASDAQ:DMRC) today announced the release of its new Digimarc for Images - Enterprise Edition, giving corporations, media companies, stock photo agencies, museums and archives, and others the ability to embed digital information into photos and images to communicate copyright ownership and help locate where the content is being used online.

Digital Watermarking & Fingerprinting As Key New Technology Opportunities to Monetize Digital Media

Scottsdale, AZ, Jan. 21, 2008. MultiMedia Intelligence reports that applications leveraging content identification technologies such as digital watermarking and fingerprinting are growing rapidly and could surpass US$500 million worldwide by 2012. Key applications include Internet and broadcast content monitoring, metadata association, copyright control, content protection and forensics, and interactive advertising.

"Non-linear media distribution requires new enabling technologies, beyond traditional encryption-based digital rights management", according to Mark Kirstein, president of MultiMedia Intelligence. "The growth of peer-to-peer distribution, social networks, and content piracy is accelerating the need for watermarking and fingerprinting."

Digimarc and BD-BrandProtect offer Enhanced Image Search and Digital Watermarking Capabilities

Beaverton, OR, Nov. 12, 2007. Digimarc Corporation (NASDAQ:DMRC) today announced enhanced track and trace and digital watermarking capabilities for digital imagery, providing digital image and brand owners with increased visibility into authorized and unauthorized use of their digital image assets and brands. The sophisticated ImageBridge tracking system from Digimarc, now enhanced by services from BD-BrandProtect, crawls the broad Internet as well as specific URLs provided by customers to search more than 200 million images each month.