The PLUS Coalition is an international non-profit initiative on a mission to simplify and facilitate the communication and management of image rights. Organized by respected associations, leading companies, standards bodies, scholars and industry experts, the PLUS Coalition exists for the benefit of all communities involved in creating, distributing, using and preserving images. Spanning more than thirty countries, these diverse stakeholders have collaborated to develop PLUS, a system of standards that makes it easier to communicate, understand and manage image rights in all countries. The PLUS Coalition exists at the crossroads between technology, commerce, the arts, preservation and education. More.
NEWSFLASHES:
Video Tutorial: Lightroom Plugin for PLUS
Click to play video 3, "License Metadata"
Easily add rights metadata to all of your images.
Photographer and application developer Timothy Armes has released PLUS for Lightroom, a fully-featured PLUS plug-in for Adobe Lightroom allowing users to create and batch-embed industry standard PLUS license statements in image files. Available from Tim's site, Photographers Toolbox. To view brief tutorial videos on using PLUS for Lightroom, click below:
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Hindsight Software integrates the PLUS Standards. Desktop business management programs InView and StockView 5.5 include a new PLUS – compliant licensing module for photographers.
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APA and ASMP award funding to PLUS. The Advertising Photographers of America and the American Society of Media Photographers have each announced major grants to the PLUS Coalition, supported by funds received from the Authors Coalition of America.
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PLUS Registry to feature PicScout Image Recognition Image users will easily and quickly identify image owners and will access rights information simply by uploading a copy of an unidentified image to the PLUS Registry.
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See the latest PLUSnews, our
e-newsletter offering updates, commentary and other information about the PLUS Coalition and the PLUS standards. PLUSnews is distributed by email and is also available
online. For a free subscription, contact
info@useplus.org. Featured in this issue:
Why PLUS? An ad agency perspective.
The Evolution: PLUS Coalition & the PLUS Standards.
PLUS Global: Worldwide Adoption.
Using PLUS: Put the PLUS standards to work.
On PLUS: Adobe, McGraw Hill and IPTC.
Recent News: J. Paul Getty Trust, IPTC, ASMP.
Featured Member: Imagespan and LicenseStream.
PLUS Tools Use the free beta version of the PLUS License Generator to create a PLUS Universal License Summary. Then, embed the Summary into digital image files using the free beta version of the PLUS License Embedder & Reader (see the PLUS Standards Library), which can also be used to read and decode the license information embedded in the image file or contained in an xmp file, allowing anyone, anywhere to easily access and understand the scope of rights associated with the image.
PLUS admitted to WIPO. The Board of the World Intellectual Property Organization has granted the
PLUS Coalition "WIPO Observer" status in recognition of the efforts of the PLUS Coaltion to promote international standards for the communication and management of
intellectual property rights.PLUS actively participates in WIPO initiatives and activites.
PLUS Technical Specifications published. Visit the PLUS Standards Library to access Technical Specifications intended for use by application developers when integrating PLUS standards into applications used for image capture, editing, management, display, and
ecommerce.
PLUS is now open for membership. Join today.
Now Available In Print:
The PLUS Picture Licensing Glossary 1.0 |
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