Andy Parsons is the Senior Director of Adobe’s Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI), which is creating the open technologies for a future of verifiably authentic content of all kinds. With collaborators across hardware, software, publishing and social platforms the CAI is empowering creators, journalists and others with secure provenance.

CEPIC C22's latest sponsor is FNAPPI!

Dennis is an entrepreneur by conviction. He is the co-founder and CEO of PIXRAY, a leading company in the space of image tracking on the web, serving many of the leading agencies, artists and brands in the world. Dennis is a nerd at heart and enjoys translating PIXRAY’s mind-blowing technology into real customer value. At PIXRAY he is proud to lead a strong, customer-focused team of talented individuals from six countries.

Ms. Naomi Sarega is the Supervising Attorney for The Law Firm of Higbee & Associate’s Copyright Division. She handles all aspects of copyright law, but primarily represents photographers and all creative professionals by helping them enforce their copyrights and protect their creative works.

Stefan Ploghaus, owner of Mauritius Images, passed away on 10 April 22.

Dear CEPIC community, we would like to share with you today's statistics on the number of participants, countries and agencies that are participating in the CEPIC conference in Palma de Mallorca this year.

Anna Dickson works with product teams across Google to bring visual content to life in their product experiences. Before Google, Dickson led photography teams at The Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal and iHeartRadio.

British photographer Ayo Banton was Born in Leeds, West Yorkshire and was given a polaroid camera at the age of 8 by his mother. He never looked back and moved to London to study while working along-side contemporary fine artists and cultural practitioners.

Bria gives anyone the ability to unleash their inner creativity by blending Generative AI and Computer Vision technologies.

Michael has been a commercial and stock industry entrepreneur since 2003. He has produced and sold over one million images across dozens of image agencies and B2B agreements. During this time he was involved in various technology and marketing projects related to visual media.

Dr. Yair Adato is an executive level, machine learning & computer vision expert with a passion for bridging technology and business. Yair is the co-founder and CEO of Bria. Bria has developed a platform that allows anyone to create photorealistic stills or videos in seconds without using a camera or photoshop.

Dreamstime, one of the world’s leaders in photo licensing and the world’s largest stock photo community, officially announces the launch of its proprietary copyright tracking tool, LicenseGuard.

The afternoon of Wednesday 25.05 will be devoted to the use of Artificial Intelligence: Is AI an enabler of image content, How is it possible to make money with AI, what are the different uses that will make your business flourish …

Appu is the CEO and Chief Scientist at Mobius Labs ( http://www.mobiuslabs.com ) a provider of next generation, artificial intelligence (AI) powered, computer vision solutions that is disrupting how the world works with visual content. Mobius Labs makes it easy to add visual AI to any application, device or business.

Desirée García is the founder of EFE Verifica -EFE's fact-checking team- and has just been appointed Director of Digital Content at EFE. EFE Verifica was launched in 2019 to fight disinformation circulating in Spanish-language and became a signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) Code of Principles very soon.

EANA Secretary General Alexandru Giboi is the Secretary General of EANA. Elected by the General Assembly of the organisation in September 2018, then reelected in October 2021, Alexandru Giboi had previously been the General Director and President of the Directors' Council of AGERPRES, the Romanian National News Agency.

EANA Board member and Managing Director of FENA (Bosnia & Herzegovina)

Paul Melcher is Managing Director at MelcherSystem ( https://melchersystem.com), a leading visual tech consulting firm, founder of Kaptur Magazine, the first online publication solely devoted to the visual tech industry, advisory Board member at the Plus Coalition, Clippn and Anthology and member of the C2PA.

Christina is the Founder and CEO of stock photo agencies Image Source and Cultura Creative as well as President of CEPIC since 2021. Prompted by the death of George Floyd in May 2020, she has used her expertise in commercial photo and video licensing to create a new agency based around Diversity - both in front of and behind the camera, launching Cultura in January 2021

CEPIC ROUNDTABLE: CEPIC President Christina Vaughan and Innovative Thinker Amos Struck host a RoundTable discussion looking at innovation, new models, successful old models and all things commercial for visual communication businesses post-Pandemic. What could our new image economy look like?

Amos Struck is the Founder of Stockphotos.com and a dynamic veteran of the industry. He leads one of the largest network of stock media-related projects in 6 languages.

On 30th March, CEPIC and EANA organised an Awareness and Fundraising Webinar. This is joint initiative of CEPIC and EANA.

I asked, “Are you going to kill me?” He replied: “We’ll see.”

SmartFrame is a secure, embeddable, trackable and interactive online image standard, that grants you unprecedented control over your content, brand protection, a fantastic user experience, increased traffic and business growth.

In support of Ukraine CEPIC and EANA present a joint Awreness and Fund-raising Webinar: “#StandWithUkraine”

We are pleased to introduce another of our sponsors and key partners of the Cepic 2022 Congress - Activo Consulting.

vAIsual is a technology company pioneering algorithms and solutions to generate synthetic licensed stock media and beyond.

It is with awe and great sadness that we are following the events presently unfolding in the Ukraine.

Under the circumstances of the new media regulation enforced by the Russian government (Roskomnadzor), which is heavily restricting media freedom, the Board of EANA considers that TASS ...

Copyright Agent is now the fifth copyright infringement crawler joining CEPIC.

As newly elected President, I am delighted to welcome our new Congress partner, Mobius Labs. The Mobius Labs vision for the future of our industry is very much in line with the new CEPIC’s Board’s vision in that we understand the power of visual content and the importance of technology in helping us evolve.

The programme is work in progress and will be enriched in the next couple of weeks as partners and speakers are confirmed!

Since 2020 PicRights and Imago Sponsors of Congress in Mallorca!

IMAGO is now a member of CEPIC as of February 2022. IMAGO attends CEPIC Congress every year and has registered three attendees for 2022 in Mallorca.

CEPIC Congress 2022 is pleased to announce our key partner Mobius Labs this year!

The Aix-Marseille-Provence Chamber of Commerce and Industry has chosen La COLLECTION !

Pixsy’s mission is to empower creatives around the world to be in control of how, where and when their work is used.

The CEPIC Congress is the largest networking hub for agencies worldwide and will take place in the Convention Center of the Gran Meliá Victoria hotel in Palma de Mallorca from 25 to 27 May 2022 with the Welcome Reception on 24 May. It is possible to book a room directly at the hotel on a specific CEPIC Congress dedicated website.

Mobius Labs is now a CEPIC member as of January 2022.

In August 2021 CEPIC created a working group on Best Practices in Copyright Enforcement. The group, made up equally of agencies and service companies, has completed its work and produced a list of recommendations the CEPIC Best Practices in Copyright Tracking.

The registration of CEPIC in Brussels as an AISBL has made this possible: Britain is back, BAPLA is back. At least at CEPIC!

PA Media Group has today appointed Alamy Managing Director and former PA Media graduate, Emily Shelley, to its Board following more than 20 years with the business.

Members of the European Parliament adopted on the 21st January their position on the proposal for a regulation on a Single Market for Digital Services (Digital Services Act), amending the eCommerce directive from 2000.

AIR FRANCE and KLM have been chosen as preferred carriers for C22.

As part of a wide coalition of cultural and creative organisations, CEPIC co-signed the attached statement to urge the European Parliament to make meaningful improvements to the text of the Digital Services Act that will be voted on in plenary on Thursday 20th January. Read the full statement .

After 22 months CEPIC Congress is back. From now it is possible to register to C22 which will take place in Palma de Mallorca from 25 to 27th May. The Welcome Reception takes place on Wednesday 24th.

Negotiations are on-going in Brussels on the Digital Service Act .

ANP, the Dutch News Agency has joined CEPIC in November.

The CEPIC Board has selected Janos FARKAS, CEO of Clink Media and Serguei FOMIN, CEO of Russian Look as its representative at IPTC.

We are organising an information webinar on 14 December 2021 CEPIC to tell you about:

Dreamstime, the world’s largest stock photo community, announces it has optimized its contributors’ Android mobile app to connect with Instagram and Google Photos accounts, making it easy for everyone to import, share and monetize visual content from the two platforms.

Here are the speakers of OnDAM Paris 2021, a conference 100% dedicated to DAM.

CEPIC is now looking for an individual will to represent CEPIC at IPTC - The International Press and Telecommunication Council -

Alamy, the world’s most inclusive content platform, has unveiled a striking new visual identity as it strengthens its offering to the creative sector.

CEPIC is very pleased to welcome the law firm Higbee & Associates as new CEPIC affiliate member. Hibee & Associates is active in the enforcement of copyright.

Dreamstime, the world’s largest stock photo community, announces important unique-in-the-industry search updates, enabling its customers to enjoy regionally specific content and a more diverse, personalized search feed.

OnDAM is the first conference 100% dedicated to DAM in France!

ACTIVO® is a global strategy and transformation consulting organisation, specialising in advising and supporting enterprises in significant transformation, from innovative strategy to execution and with an unstinting focus on results.

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PICSEL, the UK visual arts collecting society, has rebranded and relaunched its website.

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On 30 September CEPIC is participating in workshop organised by the European Commission/ DG Connect on: ‘Opportunities and challenges of Artificial Intelligence Technologies for the Cultural and Creative Sectors’

We are pleased to share with you the dates of the CEPIC Congress 2022 (C22). Read here the announcement by the President of CEPIC, Christina Vaughan. We look forward to your ideas, thoughts and participation.

Code of conduct for GDPR withdrawn and new privacy recommendations to be finalized soon.

The Annexes of the study focus on the use of metadata by key national publishers, such Le Monde, regional publishers such as La Voix du Nord and magazine publishers such as Gala.

Fake media has been making frequent headlines. The battlefield is fairly broad. Readers wanting to get familiar with the subject are faced with numerous initiatives started by publishers, news media, and technology companies. Janos Farkas, CEO of Clink Media, sheds some light on these different initiatives.

Meet Yacine Le Forestier - deputy head of AFP’s news agency Europe - at the CEPIC & EANA Webinar: Fighting Fake News As A Business Model on 21 September 2021. Register today! *Register to receive a link to the webinar recording in case you can't attend.

Dreamstime launches the "Cover of the Year 2021 in Romania" contest with prizes totaling 7,500 Euros.

Meet Brendan Quinn - Managing Director of the International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) -at the CEPIC & EANA Webinar: Fighting Fake News As A Business Model on 21 September 2021. Register today! *Register to receive a link to the webinar recording in case you can't attend.

Meet Mathieu Desoubeaux - CEO of IMATAG, Ph.D., Digital Content Protection & Computer Science-at the CEPIC & EANA Webinar: Fighting Fake News As A Business Model on 21 September 2021. Register today!

Meet Stefan Voss - head of verification at dpa - at the CEPIC & EANA Webinar: Fighting Fake News As A Business Model on 21 September 2021. Register today!

CEPIC and EANA proudly present their first joint webinar: "Fighting Fake News As A Business Model: Success stories from major press agencies and technology perspectives" on 21 September 2021. Register today!

A year pandemic and two postponed CEPIC Congresses have left agents around the world craving for networking. BAPLA is therefore organising a "networking event" on Thursday 7th and Friday 8th October.

CEPIC announce working group to work out best practices between copyright enforcement crawlers and picture agencies enforcing their rights online.

How do press publishers handle metadata and how can government encourage a virtuous usage for a virtuous internet eco-system.

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This is where you find all the documents of the AGM 2021

CLink Media is CEPIC newest member!

Join us on 6th July at the CEPIC Cultural Heritage Webinar sponsored by SmartFrame to discuss "Technology, Access and Value: balancing dissemination, protection and profitability in the CH sector" Sign up today!

Meet Fergus McKenna - Content Sales Director for Reach plc - at the CEPIC Cultural Heritage Webinar: Technology, Access and Value: balancing dissemination, protection and profitability in the Cultural Heritage sector on 6 July. Sign up today!

CEPIC announces four new board members and a new president who will each help support the work of the non-profit organisation to reinvigorate the business and the legal standing of providers of visual media content worldwide.

MomaPIX introduces the Prisma archive and interviews Federico Tarrés, founder of the Prisma archive,

"Extended collective licensing", a legal tool to be introduced in French law in May 2021, would give authors' societies the role of collecting and redistributing the amount of royalties owed by platforms (YouTube, Facebook and others) to content to content creators. The UPP supports the legislative steps that aim to put in place mechanism of remuneration of authors by platforms.

Sophie Goossens - Partner at Reed Smith LLP, copyright, digital media and technology expert & EU copyright law and public affairs specialist - at the CEPIC Legal Webinar: "AI: Legal Challenges in the EU and Europe" on 30 June. Sing up today!

Meet Mark Milstein - co-founder and rainmaker at vAIsual.com and Managing Director at Microstocksolutions LLC - at the CEPIC Legal Webinar: "AI: Legal Challenges in the EU and Europe". Sing up today and don't miss the 50% discount on the second ticket.

Meet Nancy Wolff - a partner at the intellectual property, media and entertainment law firm of Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard, LLP located in New York - at the CEPIC Legal Webinar: "AI: Legal Challenges in the EU and Europe". Sing up today and don't miss the 50% discount on the second ticket.

On 4th June the European Commission has finally released its Guidance on the implementation of Article 17. A number of representatives of the creative sector have signed a common letter to raise concerns on the Commission's Guidance.

Meet Lucy Crompton-Reid - Chief Executive of Wikimedia UK - at the CEPIC Cultural Heritage Webinar: Technology, Access and Value: balancing dissemination, protection and profitability in the Cultural Heritage sector on 6 July. Sign up today!

Ask your questions to two legal experts from both sides of the Atlantic and a picture industry professional on 30 June at the CEPIC AI Legal Webinar: Legal Challenges in the US and in Europe. Sign up today!

Meet Rob Sewell - CEO of SmartFrame Technologies - at the CEPIC Cultural Heritage Webinar: Technology, Access and Value: balancing dissemination, protection and profitability in the Cultural Heritage sector on 6th July 2021. Sign up today!

Meet Clive Coward - Manager of Tate Images - at the CEPIC Cultural Heritage: Technology, Access and Value: balancing dissemination, protection and profitability in the Cultural Heritage sector on 6th July. Sign up today!

Meet Jonathan Lockwood, Vice-President Corporate Counsel of Getty Images at the CEPIC Righst Webinar: "The state of the EU Union: Where do we stand with the implementation of Article 17? on 25 May. Sign up today!

Meet Paul Melcher - Managing Director of MelcherSystem Consulting - at the CEPIC Rights Webinar: "The state of the EU Union: Where do we stand with the implementation of Article 17? on 25 May. Sign up today!

Meet Sylvie Fodor, CEPIC's Executive Director, at the CEPIC Rights Webinar on 25 May. Sign up today!