Do embedded rights metadata of photos survive social media systems?
- Mar 18. 2013
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This was the title of a presentation made at the IPTC conference on 12 March 2013 in Amsterdam on "machine readable rights".
More and more photos are shared over social media websites. Also professional photos. IPTC was approached by users who discovered that when they shared photos, the embedded metadata disapeared.
The IPTC study on social media and rights metadata was released on 12 March 2013. Using a "traffic light" value system, easy to understand, it shows the good and bad guys of social media sites form Google + to Facebook over Pinterest, Dropbox, Flickr, Twitpic etc.
- The full study may be found here
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Find the Rights - IPTC Conference 2012
- Jun 26. 2012
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© CTK Photobank. Metadata Conference 2012 in London.
BySarah SaundersIt was great to have the IPTC Photo Metadata Conference in London this year. Metadata has moved now to a central position in the image licensing industry. Our topic covered two aspects of search- finding the image and finding the rightsholders - both essential for the future of the image business.
The full agenda for the conference is shown on the IPTC web site, and I report here on the sessions I was closely involved in. Overall, the conference was a great success, with excellent speakers and very good feedback from attendees. Image search was a major topic, with sessions chaired by David Riecks including reports on visual search techniques, controlled vocabularies, crowd sourcing, linked data and indexing images for web search.
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ARROW System Demonstrations
- Apr 23. 2012
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Arrow has featured a number of demonstrations of its system for CEPIC members.
- On 03 May 2012, a meeting in Paris will bring "Work Package 6" (EVA and CEPIC members) together.
This is a preparatory meeting for the piloting of image data sources. Picture agencies (akg images berlin, akg images paris, bpk, mauritius images, photononstop, RMN), collecting societies (VG Bildkunst, DACS, Sofia, Copie France) but also TEL, Di-Tech and IFRRO are attending.
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New campaign to embed information permanently in digital media
- Dec 16. 2011
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A picture may be worth 1,000 words, but permanently attached descriptions are worth a lot more as photos travel through the digital world. A campaign has been launched now to embed descriptive and rights information in digital media and to retain it during the whole life cycle.
The initiative has been launched by the International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC), the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4A’s), and the Association of National Advertisers (ANA), with the support of trade organisations representing visual arts and photo agencies. It aims to establish the practice of applying descriptions and the copyright status of the content as metadata, and to embed it permanently during the electronic exchange of digital photo, text, audio or video files.
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Metadata is like software. Understand its capabilities, use it, improve your business
- Sep 22. 2011
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BySarah SaundersThat's easily said, but CEPIC has taken a concrete step to help by commissioning the CEPIC/IPTC Metadata Handbook, authored by Sarah Saunders of Electric Lane with the active participation of the IPTC Photometadata Working Group.
With 76 IPTC fields now available for use, people working in the image business need an overview of metadata planning where IPTC fields are seen in a workflow context. The aim of the guide is to show how companies can follow key principles and plan metadata to suit their own resources, environment, and customer profiles. Only enter data once. Don't use software which drops metadata. Plan your workflow to included metadata. Embed critical data in the image file. ..and so on.
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In 1993, when Justus Göpel had the idea to found an association for the interests of all European picture agencies he envisioned today's CEPIC. Read more
Licenses for Europe
It is essential that CEPIC attends all of these meetings to be at the forefront of information regarding technological and legal advances. Knowing better their applications within the framework of the European Union means having a stronger position in defending the interests of CEPIC members. Read more
Licences for Europe
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The CEPIC IPTC Metadata Handbook is available for download for CEPIC Members
- Aug 30. 2011
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European picture agency organisation CEPIC has joined forces with standards body IPTC to produce the CEPIC/IPTC Metadata Handbook which was launched on 20 May 2011 at the CEPIC Congress in Istanbul, Turkey.
The Image Metadata Handbook is available for download as a zip file attached to this article.
CEPIC/IPTC Image Metadata Handbook
Sarah Sanders (Electric Lane), Michael Steidl (IPTC), Paul Brown (CEPIC), Christian Donle, Nancy Wolff
Use Adobe Reader 10/X or Adobe Acrobat 10/X to read the documents of the Handbook. Adobe reader 10 is free to download at http://get.adobe.com/reader/.
Some functions may not work with earlier versions.
Good-bye Barcelona, hello Berlin.
The lights turned off, the Internet stopped buzzing, the tables emptied, the Congress arrived at its end, good bye Barcelona. Read more
CEPIC thank you its sponsors
CEPIC would like to thank you its sponsors and partners without whom the Congress could not happen. Read more
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PhotoArchiveNews is now a media partner of CEPIC Congress 2013 Read more
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CEPIC was established in May 1993. Read more
Embedded Metadata Manifesto (2011)
- Jul 05. 2011
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The Manifesto was issued by the IPTC Photo Metadata Working Group in May 2011.
Photographers, film makers, videographers, illustrators, publishers, advertisers, designers, art directors, picture editors, librarians and curators all share the same problem: struggling to track rapidly expanding collections of digital media assets such as photos and video/film clips.
With that in mind we propose five guiding principles as our "Embedded Metadata Manifesto":
- Metadata is essential to describe, identify and track digital media and should be applied to all media items which are exchanged as files or by other means such as data streams.
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About two years ago it was considered a sensational find: In an old backyard office in Unterbilk/Düsseldorf, Germany, the sensational life’s work of Carl Simon was opened. Read more
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age fotostock announces new search engine, released as a prelude to the new web
The age fotostock website was first launched in 1997, at a time when the Internet was a mere futuristic dream. Read more
THP increases functionality controlling non computer readable Image Restrictions
THP Photo & Video Services, the software platform developed and administered by age fotostock, offers IT infrastructure and services to over one hundred stock photography agencies worldwide. Read more
epa european pressphoto agency celebrates ten years of global coverage
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CEPIC and IPTC release Metadata Handbook
- May 16. 2011
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European picture agency organisation CEPIC has joined forces with standards body IPTC to produce the CEPIC/IPTC Metadata Handbook, which will be launched on 20 May 2011 at the CEPIC Congress in Istanbul, Turkey.
The Handbook, commissioned by CEPIC, is a PDF package of documents which includes Image Metadata Planning - a guide for business users, papers on the legal framework for metadata use, quick reference charts on the use of IPTC Core and Extension fields, and an interactive metadata workflow planning tool for selecting IPTC fields for use in various stages of a business workflow.
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Hundreds of negotiators representing countries around the world will gather later this month to work on finalizing a new international treaty to ease access to books for blind, visually impaired, and other print disabled people. Read more
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Bridgeman Art Library is delighted to have been chosen by David Dawson, model and studio assistant to Lucian Freud for twenty years, to represent his archive of photography for licensing. Read more
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Xilopix is proud to announce the launch of Xilopix Media Manager, an all-in-one Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution featuring the first Multimedia Search Engine designed for the touch screen revolution and aimed at providing businesses with a new customer acquisition experience. Read more
The Carl Simon Archive – After 60 Years Roused from its Slumbers
About two years ago it was considered a sensational find: In an old backyard office in Unterbilk/Düsseldorf, Germany, the sensational life’s work of Carl Simon was opened. Read more
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On 31 May 2013, ICOMP submitted its comments to the European Commission in response to the Market Test of the remedies proposed by Google in the Commission’s anti-trust case. Read more
Content and Creativity Fuel Europe’s Competitiveness
European Ministers discussed online content in the digital age at today’s EU Competitiveness Council. This meeting comes at a time when politicians must think carefully about how to strike a balance between creativity, quality content, consumer demand and technology. Read more
age fotostock announces new search engine, released as a prelude to the new web
The age fotostock website was first launched in 1997, at a time when the Internet was a mere futuristic dream. Read more
THP increases functionality controlling non computer readable Image Restrictions
THP Photo & Video Services, the software platform developed and administered by age fotostock, offers IT infrastructure and services to over one hundred stock photography agencies worldwide. Read more
epa european pressphoto agency celebrates ten years of global coverage
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of epa european pressphoto agency b.v. beginning its global operation, a collection of the most outstanding epa images spanning the past decade has been compiled as a slide show, also available as an e-book, the agency announced in Frankfurt today. Read more
Partnership with World Copyright Summit 2011 offers CEPIC Members discounted fees
- Apr 08. 2011
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In 2011 CEPIC is a partner of the World Copyright Summit 2011, which will be held from June 7th - 8th 2011 in Brussels.
As a partner, CEPIC receives a specific discounted delegate fee for all members of the organisation until the 18th April.
Endorsing organisations may register here:
http://www.copyrightsummit.com/register-2/
Good-bye Barcelona, hello Berlin.
The lights turned off, the Internet stopped buzzing, the tables emptied, the Congress arrived at its end, good bye Barcelona. Read more
CEPIC thank you its sponsors
CEPIC would like to thank you its sponsors and partners without whom the Congress could not happen. Read more
BING opens welcome reception of CEPIC Congress
CEPIC is delighted to welcome back to Congress, our sponsor and key strategic partner BING. Read more
Image Rights – Manage Them or Lose Them
The challenge that images with badly managed rights may result in unprotected work will be discussed at the seventh IPTC Photo Metadata Conference which will be held on 13 June in Barcelona (Spain). Read more
ASMP & CEPIC bring together photographers & distributors
The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) and the Coordination of European Picture Agencies Stock, Press and Heritage (CEPIC) will bring photographers and distributors from across the globe together at the CEPIC Congress 2013 in Barcelona next month. Read more
New board at CEPIC (2013 - 2015)
Today the CEPIC AGM elected a new board for a period of two years. Read more
CEPIC on PhotoArchiveNews
PhotoArchiveNews is now a media partner of CEPIC Congress 2013 Read more
Photos of CEPIC Congress Barcelona up-dated every day
CTK Fotobank and Photoarchive News up-load photos every day! Read more
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On 27 May 2013 CEPIC submitted own comments to the remedies proposed by Google within the anti-trust investigations led by the European Commission since 2010. Read more
CEPIC goes 20!
CEPIC was established in May 1993. Read more
Why it is important that website owners demand greater search transparency
- Mar 07. 2011
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ByMarc Pinter-KrainerOne of the challenges for ICOMP member One News Page’s “Have I Been Penalized” campaign, which seeks to raise awareness of search engine penalties, is that so many website owners assume that dramatic collapses in visitor traffic are normally triggered by the regular reshufflings of Google’s index.
As you know, Google is overwhelmingly dominant in search, commanding around 70% of the global internet search market and an even higher market share across Europe.
When Google reshuffles its web index, which is known colloquially as the “Google Dance” and which occurs roughly once every three months, it can lead to changes in a site’s Google rankings.
20 Years of CEPIC
In 1993, when Justus Göpel had the idea to found an association for the interests of all European picture agencies he envisioned today's CEPIC. Read more
Licenses for Europe
It is essential that CEPIC attends all of these meetings to be at the forefront of information regarding technological and legal advances. Knowing better their applications within the framework of the European Union means having a stronger position in defending the interests of CEPIC members. Read more
Licences for Europe
There were many passionate and insightful comments made at the second round of "Licenses For Europe" stakeholder meetings held in Brussels on 7th March 2013. Read more
UK Copyright Changes
In the last few weeks, since the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act became law, a lot of misleading information about the Act has circulated on the Internet, some of it suggesting that images will need to be registered in order to enjoy copyright protection. Read more
Frictionless licensing - dream or reality?
The IPTC Spring Conference in Amsterdam Machine Readable Rights and the News Industry: Opportunities, Standards and Challenges showed that all media sectors in are looking at changes and improvements in the way they do business. People from news, publishing, photo and image libraries attended. Read more
A statement from the BAPLA Board on the Digital Economy Bill
Sentiments from all quarters around the Digital Economy Bill are riding high. Regarding Clause 43, the UK’s legislative approach to Orphan Works (OW) and their proposed management, some have turned their attention towards BAPLA and its role in the debate. Read more
SAB Lecture on Image Rights Produced Huge Interest
Within the frame of its monthly industry meeting, the Swiss National Association of Picture Libraries, SAB, organised a lecture on the copyright of images on the first of February 2012. Read more
Registration for CEPIC Congress 2013 Has Started!
We are delighted to confirm that Registration is now open for Congress 2013 which will take place in the wonderful city of Barcelona, the capital city of Catalonia, one of the most vibrant regions of Spain, from the 11th – 14th June. Read more
When does freedom of speech trump copyright?
Copyright is a property right and therefore a human right protected under Article 1 of the First Protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights. Is the right to property a more or less important card in the human rights pack than the Article 10 right to freedom of expression? Read more
Online Copyright Infringement: New Study
A new study in the UK confirms that consumers are usually not pirates. We re-publish here a blog originally published on the ICOMP website. What CEPIC has to say on the subject. Read more
