Preserving rights
Certify
Pictia delivers blockchain certificates of authenticity for images, their origin is saved internationally. As soon as an image is sent to Pictia, the certificate is automatically generated. This certificate is downloadable and valid independently of Pictia.
Sell
Pictia sells the licenses of the images directly on the website of their author, thanks to a plugin to be easily installed without modification of the website in question. The author keeps full traceability on the sales and uses of his images.
Protect
Pictia ensures that rights are respected through the detection of fraudulent use. Once the fraudulent use has been detected, a digital report is made instantly and a amicable settlement procedure can be launched via Pictia by the author.
Certification of images
- Author's identity information
- The computer print of the original image
- Metadata extracted from the original image
- Information about the originality of the work
Sale of licenses
- Certification of images on Pictia
- Installation of the Pictia plugin
- There you go! The images on the website are for sale!
Demonstration of the sale with the plugin
These images are certified on Pictia and their license is for sale!
Traceability of the images
The image is no longer lost in the wild...of the web!
Thanks to its intelligent monitoring system Pictia also detects fraudulent uses of the image, even if it has been modified!
Ensure that copyrights are respected
a digital report is made and an amicable settlement procedure can be launched
Amicable claim
500 euros are recovered for the author in case of success.Sale of a license
(optional) The fraudster can continue to use the image, only if the author has given the possibility to buy the licenseAmicable claim
with Lawyers
Lawyers are called upon in case of unsuccessful action at the previous stage. 500 euros are recovered for the author in case of success.
In order to secure the author's rights, we proceed to an increased verification of the author's identity. Personal information, identity card, and for a professional, the SIRET number.
Sending images to the platform can be done with a simple drag and drop. And thanks to our FTP solution, it is possible to send thousands of images very quickly, they will be automatically certified.
Simply send your images to be certified, the originality fields can be filled in later (a new version of the certificate will be created). The paternity and anteriority of the images is certified internationally thanks to the work of our expert collaborators in intellectual property..
Thanks to the Pictia plugin, all certified images are also protected and can be put on sale on a website. Without changing anything about the design of it. The author is quoted with his mini-bio. Visitors of the website and google images can buy a license to use the image if the author has authorized its sale.
The sale of a image can be done in unlimited edition (for €50) or in limited edition (adjusted prices). It's up to you to choose. Once your image has been sold, you can track its use. You know who bought it, on which websites it is used, how many times it has been seen and in which country.
Monitoring of image theft is regular. The uses of the images are found everywhere on the internet, even if they have been modified! Following this, the author has the choice to initiate an amicable settlement via Pictia and its partner lawyers or to purchase our Chainote digital report and pursue litigation individually.
When the author reports fraudulent use, a digital report written to the blockchain is created immediately using our Chainote solution. This report notes the presence of the image on the website. If the author wishes to manage the dispute by his own means, he can buy this report directly, to put all the chances on his side to recover his rights!
If the author chooses to manage the dispute amicably through Pictia, he has full monitoring of this claim on the platform. The amicable dispute with Pictia is managed in the best way, with our partner lawyers can be able to act without any additional cost for the author!
- Author's identity information (public and private)
- Imprint of the original image
- Metadata extracted from the original image
- Originality information of the work (optional)
- Imprint signed by Pictia and anchored in a blockchain of all the above information
- Proof of registration of this certificate in a blockchain.
For a larger base of images, we can create a custom formula.
Whether as an author, as an agency, or even institution, you can send us your request at any time by mail ([email protected]), or by phone (06 79 96 46 84).
If the buyer integrates the image to his site with the Pictia plugin, he has the right to use it for 10 years. If he integrates it without the Pictia plugin, he has the right to use it for 1 year.
He can use the image on several websites. Find our license model in our general conditions.
- Certificate of authenticity of your image
- Imprint of the screenshot of the website in fraud
- Imprint of the html code of the website
- Imprint of the image found on the website
- Information (whois) of the domain name
- Webarchive link of this website
Everything is archived on a blockchain.
The evidence is taken automatically when the declaration of the fraudulent use of the image is made, even before the fraudster receives the litigation request. The digital report complies with the AFNOR NF Z67-147 standard, so it is totally similar to the one made by a bailiff.
Our ethics
The respect of the author's rights is our priority. It is essential for the recognition and the remuneration of the author.
Pictia's operation is totally transparent, whether it's for claim procedure, or regarding how Pictia pays itself.
The integrity of the images is preserved through blockchain technology, a transparent, secure and distributed database. The author's name and data of the images are archived.
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