With the rise of social media platforms and smartphone photography, the volume of imagery available online has grown to a staggering size—on Facebook alone, 350 million photographs are uploaded each day.
Due to the ready access to a massive pool of content on the internet, online theft of imagery is rampant—an overwhelming 85% of online image use is done without permission, of which many are shared without attribution to the rightful source.
IMGembed has produced a white paper that analyzes this digital age problem. The report also offers a comparison between past and present image acquisition models, and provides a closer look at how the platform's proprietary technology benefits both image owners and publishers.
Scroll down to view some highlights from the white paper, or read it in full here.
Would you like to contribute to the building of a valuable ecosystem for fair image use online—if so, start here.
[via IMGembed]