Thanks! Happy to have you on board 

Have you seen our main thread? https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2618918.0

Thanks 

Update

Meet Daniel Eiba from COPYTRACK at those two conferences:

• January 15.-16. - World Crypto Economic Forum in San Francisco - More Informations at www.wcef.co
• January 18.-19. - North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami - More Informations at www.btcmiami.com

Details on when exactly to meet Daniel will be posted soon.

Yes, we can track quite a few modifications. You can read more about our existing technology on our website: https://www.copytrack.com/technology/ 

Sorry we haven't been enough active here. Our Telegram group is our main communication channel https://t.me/copytrackhq

Also, this week we closed our pre-sales at USD7.6M 

Official statement on KodakOne

Many of you asked us about the latest news on Kodak's planned ICO. Here's the statement of our CEO, Marcus Schmitt:

“It’s always been our mission to improve the protection of photographers and rightsholders online. It’s been a great recognition to be supported by over 1600 backers who have invested a total of $ 7.6 million USD in our vision to democratize copyright and prevent image theft for photographers – and this was just the pre-sale.

Unlike Copytrack, KodakOne is still in the preparation stage. We can only state 3 key differences and facts between KodakOne’s planned ICO and Copytrack’s Global Copyright Register so far:

• KodakOne is a brand licensing cooperation between Kodak and Wenn Digital Inc., a Delaware company founded in Nov.2017. Copytrack has a proven track record of several years and has developed its technology fully in-house with enforcement services in 140 countries.
• KodakOne plans to solely register images on the blockchain while Copytrack’s “Global Copyright Register” is an open blockchain for any type of digital content (images, music, video, etc.).
• KodakOne’s ICO will be a closed sale that’s only accessible to accredited investors, whereas Copytrack keeps its ICO open to all investors of the blockchain and cryptocurrency community

We can’t comment on KodakOne’s technology as neither their system nor their whitepaper are available yet.

At Copytrack we strongly believe that blockchain and cryptocurrencies set the foundation of the internet’s future. It’s exciting to be part of it and help creators protect, track and monetize their work with the Global Copyright Register. Our main sale ICO still runs until February 10”, concludes Schmitt.

Learn more about the CopytrackICO on https://copytrack.io/

We’ve Just Closed Our USD 7.6M Pre-Sale Round.

Thank you for taking part in the #CopytrackICO Pre-Sale! With over 1,600 whitelisted backers able to purchase tokens we’re excited to share that we’ve raised a total of 5,624 Ethereum. At the current exchange rate (Coinbase Ethereum price as of 23:59 PM UTC on 09.01.2018 is USD 1,351) this is an equivalent to USD 7.6M.

In total 7.84M CPY tokens were distributed in the pre-sale.

It’s a huge seal of approval for our vision: to revolutionize how creators protect, track and monetize their work by using blockchain and smart contracts technology.

From everyone here at the Copytrack team: thank you so much for your support. Your trust in our vision enables us to build the Global Copyright Register and take digital copyright registration to the next level.

What’s next?

The main sale ICO is starting now! Visit https://copytrack.io/ to take part. The ICO will offer 60% of all CPY for public sale, while 20% tokens will be reserved for business development and remaining 20% for the advisors and founders.

You can still join our bounty program to help us spread the word and get free tokens as a bounty reward

For founders shares we have decided on the following lockup period and release plan: After a 6-months cliff 25% and every month thereafter 5% of their allocation.

We have initially launched the ERC-20 token on the blockchain. In the second quarter of 2018, we will execute a token swap of 100,000,000 ERC-20 tokens onto the new chain.

The Copytrack Global Copyright Register will do the following:

No more image theft
By registering images directly on the blockchain, all their usage and distribution will be registered. Creators are automatically notified whenever an image is being used.

Global copyright database
The open and global database of rights-holders and their work allows users to easily license and track their creative work.

Fair & transparent compensation
The CPY token directly connects creators and clients and facilitates transactions via smart contracts. Creatives are in full control of their own pricing and licensing options without any intermediaries, who nowadays take cuts of up to 70%.

About Copytrack
Copytrack is the undisputed market leader in uncovering image theft with headquarters in Berlin and Singapore and subsidiaries in New York and Tokyo. Over the past three years we have helped the photography community to claim image rights in over 50.000 of unsolicited use cases.

Learn more about Copytrack at: https://copytrack.io/
Read the Copytrack Whitepaper at: https://copytrack.io/pdf/Copytrack_ICO_Whitepaper.pdf
Read the Copytrack Technical Whitepaper: https://copytrack.io/pdf/Copytrack_ICO_Technical_Whitepaper.pdf
Join the Copytrack Bounty Program: https://copytrack.io/bounty
Join us on Telegram and get live chat support: https://t.me/copytrackhq
Follow Copytrack on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/copytrackhq

Thank you.
Your Copytrack Team

WEBSITE - WHITEPAPER - TWITTER - TELEGRAM - STEEMIT

Copytrack revolutionizes how creators protect, track and monetize their work by using blockchain and smart contracts technology.

Copytrack is the undisputed market leader in uncovering image theft with headquarters in Berlin and Singapore, and subsidiaries in New York and Tokyo. With our upcoming ICO we set the precedent for a global, transparent and decentralized register for copyrights of digital content.

• PRE-SALE NOW LIVE: DECEMBER 10 TO JAN 10 https://copytrack.io
• BUSINESS WHITEPAPER https://copytrack.io/pdf/Copytrack_ICO_Whitepaper.pdf
• TECHNICAL WHITEPAPER https://copytrack.io/pdf/Copytrack_ICO_Technical_Whitepaper.pdf
• BOUNTY PROGRAM TBA

TOKEN SALE INFO:
Copytrack’s token pre-sale is open now and will be followed by the crowd sale on Jan 10th, 2018. Minimum: 0.1 ETH. Maximum: 2,500 ETH


Copytrack Vision & Market Overview

Whilst the digital image market is growing exponentially with more than 2 billion images uploaded every day, up to 85% of images online are used without a valid license. Photographers suffer an enormous financial loss and are often unaware that their images are being copied and distributed elsewhere.

On the other end of the spectrum, the image licensing market is controlled by only a few players that keep up to 70% of revenue to themselves. Copytrack is here to change that.

By introducing a distributed database for images, we are moving image copyright registration, licensing and payments to the blockchain. This will reshape how photographers and creators protect, track and monetize their work in the following ways:

1. No more image theft
By registering images directly on the blockchain, all their usage and distribution will be registered. Creators are automatically notified whenever an image is being used.

2. Global copyright database
The open and global database of rights-holders and their work allows users to easily license and track their creative work.

3. Fair & transparent compensation
The CPY token directly connects creators and clients and facilitates transactions via smart contracts. Creatives are in full control of their own pricing and licensing options without any intermediaries, who nowadays take cuts of up to 70%.


Questions? Join us on Telegram: https://t.me/copytrackhq/

About Copytrack

Copytrack is the undisputed market leader in uncovering image theft with headquarters in Berlin and Singapore and subsidiaries in New York and Tokyo. Over the past three years we have helped the photography community to claim image rights in over 50.000 of unsolicited use cases.

With the Copytrack Global Copyright Register, we are taking digital copyright registration to the next level. It is our goal is to provide a solution for the key challenges of digital content copyright as they still exist today:

• How to proof digital content authorship globally?
• How to track illegal use globally?
• How to license digital content globally?

Core Documents

• Copytrack WHITEPAPER: 3https://ico.copytrack.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Copytrack_ICO_Whitepaper.pdf
• Copytrack Technical Paper: https://ico.copytrack.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Technical_Whitepaper_Copytrack_ICO.pdf
• Copytrack Video: https://vimeo.com/243861270
  

Token Economics & Structure



Roadmap



Team



MARCUS SCHMITT (CEO)
Marcus is a serial entrepreneur and executive manager with more than 20 years of experience in founding, scaling and management of startups, SMEs and enterprises. Previous to Copytrack, he scaled the business of “Flightright” as CEO, now leading the market of legal enforcement of claims arising from flight delays and cancellations. Marcus spent three years as Vice President for the EU market at an international consultancy, and many years as a consultant for internationalization.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcusmschmitt/

STEFAN BAER (CTO)
More than 15 years of professional experience as an IT expert & manager of software development. Stefan studied IT-systems engineering at Hasso-Plattner-Institute (HPI) and Information Technology at University of Potsdam. In 2009, Stefan founded PIXRAY GmbH (competitor) based on his research and master thesis in the area of image recognition. He is responsible for research & technology development, IT infrastructure and services.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/baerstefan



SANDRO MAEDER (COO)
Experienced operations and project manager with international background. Studied economic science at HTW University in Berlin, Germany. Before his current role at Copytrack, Sandro worked as the Operations Manager at VJSUAL, a company producing digital explainer videos, interactive videos and screen casts.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandro-m%C3%A4der-6b074b152

MARIE SLOWIOCZEK-MANNSFELD (Global Head of Legal)
Experienced lawyer with a focus on intellectual property and copyright law. Studied law in Berlin, Germany, and Dublin, Ireland and Prague, Czech Republic. Prior to joining Copytrack, Marie worked several years as a lawyer at Haerting Lawyers in Berlin, specializing in IP, Copyright and IT law.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marie-slowioczek-mannsfeld-abb7537a

Advisors



DANIEL EIBA (Advisor Business Model, Marketing & Sales)
Daniel is a business and operations executive with more than 14 years of experience in developing products, driving growth and monetization in digital content. He served in several leadership roles at Yahoo!, Flickr, Table.co and Uniplaces. As a former Director of Flickr, he knows the nuances of the picture business.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieleiba

SEBASTIAN MANNSFELD (Advisor Intl. Finance & Tax)
Sebastian is a global business operations manager holding 15 years of combined Finance and IT experience. He served in several roles at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Bearing Point, Gazprom and General Electric where he acquired his wide international taxation, accounting and  financing knowledge.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-mannsfeld-00831215/



SASCHA SCHUMANN (Advisor IT-Security)
Sascha is CEO of Germany’s Myra Security, helping governments and global E-Commerce companies to protect themselves against permanent online threats. He is a member of the PHP Group which oversees the well-being of the OpenSource language PHP.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sascha-schumann-41792a5b

NORIAKI OKUBO (Advisor Investments & Investor)
Noriaki has been in the technology sector for the past 15 years. He is currently Managing partner at Scentan Ventures, which is a venture capital  rm focused on technology. He also serves as a board member for several companies including Tradeshift, where he leads the 75.000.000 USD Series C Round.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/noriaki-okubo-5494654/



KEN SHISHIDO (Advisor Cryptocurrency)
Ken is one of Japan’s most famous Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Advocates. He is Co-Organizer of the Bitcoin Tokyo Meetup Group, which was founded by Roger Ver. Ken serves as an Advisor to many crypto startups and frequently speaks at crypto meetups and events. Ken is a Libertarian and believes in liberty and free market competition.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-shishido-419690a2/

AARON KOENIG (Advisor Cryptocurrency)
Aaron is an entrepreneur, consultant and writer specialising in BTC and Blockchain. He has been promoting Bitcoin and Blockchain technology since 2011 by writing and by organizing events and meetups. He has also been a speaker and panelist at numerous conferences. He is the bestselling author of the books A Beginner’s Guide to Bitcoin and Investing in Digital Currencies.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-koenig-6277781/

Presale and Crowdsale

Pre-sale registration is now live: December 10 to Jan 10: https://ico.copytrack.com
The minimum contribution amount is 0.1 ETH and the maximum contribution is 2,500 ETH.

We are launching a full TOKEN SALE to distribute the majority of the Copytrack tokens.
The date of the token sale is aimed for Jan 10th, 2018
ONLY ETHER (ETH) IS ACCEPTED.

NOTE: These tokens are strictly for use on the Copytrack Blockchain. They have no other intended uses.

Please note that this sale is not open to US citizens and residents, except accredited investors.

Ask us Anything

If you’d like to learn more about Copytrack please find us at the following channels:

• Telegram: https://t.me/copytrackhq/
• SteemIt Blog: https://steemit.com/@copytrackhq
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/copytrackhq

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