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ImageRights Discovery

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What it is

ImageRights Discovery searches for online uses of images and helps photographers review potential claims. It creates a distinct fingerprint for each uploaded image, then searches the internet for matching fingerprints. Its proprietary web search and AI analyze sightings, sort and rank them, and send claims considered pursuable to an Inbox for review and organization. The free ImageRights Pilot plan is listed at free and begins searching the first 100 images; the page does not state other Discovery plan prices or limits. For large collections, the service offers FTP and API access. Adobe Lightroom users can upload images to an ImageRights account and synchronize image sets and registration status through a plugin. A Capture One plugin uploads images for Discovery and is offered for Windows and Mac. ImageRights describes its services as serving photo agencies and professional photographers worldwide. Discovery is available on the web, macOS, and Windows, with API access. The page describes image uploads and management as secure.

Spec sheet

What it does
ImageRights Discovery searches online locations for uses of uploaded images and helps rights holders evaluate possible unauthorized use.Read 15 Oct 2026 · imagerights.com
Intended users
ImageRights describes its services as serving photo agencies and professional photographers worldwide.Read 4 Oct 2026 · imagerights.com
Support
ImageRights lists a support phone number of +1.617.505.1572 and a contact form.Read 4 Oct 2026 · imagerights.com
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesRead 28 Sep 2026 · imagerights.com
Founded
LinkedIn states that ImageRights was founded in 2009.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com
Company
ImageRights International, Inc. says it was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.Read 4 Oct 2026 · imagerights.com
AI analysis
The service uses proprietary web search and AI to analyze image uses and highlight sightings considered more likely to produce recoverable fees.Read 15 Oct 2026 · imagerights.com
Availability limitation
The terms promise reasonable efforts toward continuous availability but disclaim liability for interruptions, maintenance and service unavailability.Read 15 Oct 2026 · imagerights.com
BBB business dates
BBB lists the business as started September 1, 2008 and incorporated December 4, 2009.Read 15 Oct 2026 · bbb.org
BBB employee count
The BBB profile lists 22 employees.Read 15 Oct 2026 · bbb.org
Bulk access
The service offers FTP and API access for large image collections.Read 4 Oct 2026 · imagerights.com
Bulk ingestion
Large collections can be submitted through FTP or API access.Read 15 Oct 2026 · imagerights.com
Capture One integration
A Capture One plugin for Windows exports images to Discovery and supports preparation of U.S. Copyright Office registrations.Read 15 Oct 2026 · imagerights.com
Company customer scale
Publishers Weekly reported that ImageRights had agreements with about 40 photo agencies and roughly 4,000 to 5,000 individual photographers at the time of its 2019 article.Read 15 Oct 2026 · publishersweekly.com
Company headquarters
LinkedIn lists Boston, Massachusetts as headquarters and gives a Boston address at 51 Melcher Street, First Floor.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com
Company offices
LinkedIn lists offices or locations in Boston, Seattle, Berlin and London.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com
Company services
Publishers Weekly described ImageRights as offering discovery, recovery and automated U.S. copyright registration services.Read 15 Oct 2026 · publishersweekly.com
Company size
LinkedIn lists ImageRights as privately held with 11–50 employees.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com
Documentation depth
Plugin pages provide installation and workflow instructions, while the Discovery page describes API access without linking to a public API reference or SDK documentation.Read 15 Oct 2026 · imagerights.com
Founders
Crunchbase identifies Joe Naylor and Ted VanCleave as co-founders.Read 15 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com
Funding record
Crunchbase shows an angel funding round with Boston Harbor Angels as investor, but the amount and date are obscured.Read 15 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com
Image fingerprinting
ImageRights calculates a distinct mathematical fingerprint for each uploaded image.Read 15 Oct 2026 · imagerights.com
Image matching
The service calculates a unique fingerprint for each uploaded image and searches the internet for matching fingerprints.Read 4 Oct 2026 · imagerights.com
Internet matching
The system searches online material and collects fingerprints for images it encounters.Read 15 Oct 2026 · imagerights.com
Lightroom automation
Lightroom smart image sets can automatically upload newly matching catalog images for ongoing Discovery monitoring.Read 15 Oct 2026 · imagerights.com
Lightroom copyright workflow
The Lightroom plugin prepares U.S. Copyright Office registrations, retrieves registration status and writes registration metadata into catalogs.Read 15 Oct 2026 · imagerights.com
Lightroom integration
The Adobe Lightroom plugin uploads images to Discovery and can open images or sets in the ImageRights website.Read 15 Oct 2026 · imagerights.com
Limit: coverage
Digital Photography School cautioned that ImageRights is not perfect and does not apply to every infringement situation.Read 15 Oct 2026 · digital-photography-school.com
Limit: review burden
ImageRights reported that early users could face hundreds or thousands of sightings requiring separation of authorized uses from infringements.Read 15 Oct 2026 · imagerights.com
Plugin installation
The Capture One plugin is downloaded as a ZIP, extracted and loaded through Capture One's Plugin Manager, with additional instructions supplied in the ZIP.Read 15 Oct 2026 · imagerights.com
Post-termination commission
The recovery agreement says ImageRights can continue receiving its commission for designated recovery assets for five years after termination, subject to its terms.Read 15 Oct 2026 · imagerights.com
Potential limits
The free Pilot account begins searching the user's first 100 images; the page does not state other Discovery plan prices or limits.Read 4 Oct 2026 · imagerights.com
Praise: organization
Photographer Sergio Lanza told ImageRights that filtering sightings into folders and flagging them made infringement review easier to fit into his routine.Read 15 Oct 2026 · imagerights.com
Praise: workflow clarity
Digital Photography School praised the dashboard's simple flow diagram and inbox-based presentation of image matches.Read 15 Oct 2026 · digital-photography-school.com
Rating on BBB
A+ out of A+ from 0 customer reviews shown on the opened BBB profile.Read 15 Oct 2026 · bbb.org
Recovery commission
The recovery agreement permits ImageRights to retain 50 percent of net recovery revenue after defined costs and fees.Read 15 Oct 2026 · imagerights.com
Recovery service
ImageRights offers a separate Recovery service that manages infringement claims, provides access to a global legal network and fronts out-of-pocket legal expenses.Read 15 Oct 2026 · imagerights.com
Review workflow
Users can filter, organize and pursue sightings from their ImageRights account.Read 15 Oct 2026 · imagerights.com
Secure upload
The Discovery workflow lets customers securely upload and manage images.Read 15 Oct 2026 · imagerights.com
Secure uploads
The Discovery page describes image upload and management as secure.Read 4 Oct 2026 · imagerights.com
Security statement
The privacy policy describes commercially reasonable physical, electronic and managerial safeguards but says transmission security cannot be guaranteed.Read 15 Oct 2026 · imagerights.com
Sightings ranking
Sightings are analyzed, sorted and ranked, with potential claims sent to the account inbox.Read 15 Oct 2026 · imagerights.com
Support contact
ImageRights publishes a support telephone number of +1.617.505.1572 and a web contact form.Read 15 Oct 2026 · imagerights.com
Trademark scope
The registered ImageRights Discovery trademark covers online software and technology for searching, identifying and comparing images in connection with intellectual-property infringement.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trademarks.justia.com

Plans and prices

ImageRights Pilot Free first 100 images Read 15 Oct 2026 · imagerights.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Fingerprint-based internet image search.
  • Sightings are sorted and ranked for review.
  • FTP and API access for large collections.
  • Lightroom plugin synchronizes image sets and registration status.

Limits

  • Free Pilot searches only the first 100 images.

Who it suits

ImageRights Discovery suits professional photographers and photo agencies looking to find and review possible unauthorized image uses. Its FTP and API access may fit users managing large collections.

Verdict

Discovery combines image matching with a ranked review workflow, and the Pilot plan gives users a starting point for the first 100 images.

Where Specifiction places it

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