On November 1, 2009, Imagerights.com will be launched. It is a simple solution designed to help protect the copyrights of photographers. It works by applying visual search and image recognition technology to track photographs and illustrations across the internet, assisting rights holders to discover and ultimately recover fees for the unlicensed use of their works. Images will still be recognized regardless of small amounts of cropping and possible other subtle changes.

A very similar website is already running in beta mode: Tineye.com. I have already tracked one unauthorized user selling prints of one of my works!