PixsyReviews of pixsy.com

My recent case was handled very quick, but I have another case 2+ years open.

An honest review of a long-term UK client of Pixsy... I'm a paying subscriber to their service and yes, they do get results - SOMETIMES. Whilst they do recover fees for _some_ copyright violations, my perception is they only pursue the very easiest cases and seemingly give-up way too easily. Yet again, I've received their 'Unable to proceed' email. The copyright violation is as plain as the nose on your face, on a company website, with a verifiable address. The business has obviously chosen to ignore their emails / phone calls, so that's it - no resolution for me & the copyright violator continues to use my image. Oh, I can file a DMCA report... Whoop-dee-doo. My opinion, Pixsy could do A LOT better. I would even pay the UK court filing fee to file a small claim against the infringers if it meant Pixsy pursued such cases with a little more effort. Oh, and the image search tool is pretty poor. I tend to use Google image search to location violations now - the Pixsy tool just isn't reliable enough.

The software is still not that good I wish! The rest is okay!

I am not happy with the compensation that pixy is negotiating with the media that use the photos illegally. after they take 50% and the IRS takes their share, I as an author have very little left.

I can say this, I would probably give the team that handles cases 10 stars if I could. The search tool needs help though. I still find 80% if my cases off Pixsy, using various free, publicly accessible tools. They aren't automated, the big plus with Pixsy that I really want, but they are more successful at finding copyright violations.

Sometimes the matches found for each image are inaccurate / the wrong images, but other than that I'm glad that the one case that was found was resolved. With the other case there was no cooperation from the infringer.

Too many outstanding disputes.

More of my cases are discontinued rather than successfully settled. Will probably cancel my paid subscription.