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Marcus Schmitt

Marcus Schmitt is an experienced entrepreneur with more than 25 years of cross-industry experience in building, scaling and managing small & medium enterprises as well as startups in Europe, Asia and US. Backed by his investment company Front Equity he was investor, founder and/or CEO of several ventures. Based on his experience Marcus founded COPYTRACK – a fully automated platform for photographers, picture- & news-agencies, publishers and e-commerce.

Recent Articles by Marcus Schmitt

A Complete Guide to Protecting Images from Photo Theft

One of the first and easiest steps any photographer can take in protecting images against photo theft is to lower the resolution and size of their photos when posting them online. The Copytrack Global Infringement Report found that photos with a 16:9 aspect ratio were most likely to be stolen, while the most popular resolution for image theft in 2018 was Full HD, or 1920 x 1080 pixels.