KODAKOne is a revolutionary new image rights management and protection platform secured in the blockchain that seamlessly registers, manages and monetizes creative assets for the photographic community.
About
KODAKOne
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Efficient
KODAKOne artificial intelligence technology integrates and streamlines the tasks of photo management, protection and distribution, enabling photographers to benefit from new income streams and receive payments faster.
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Image Economy
KODAKOne will underpin the assured buying and selling of rights-cleared and protected digital assets, allowing KODAKCoin will become the currency of choice for the image economy.
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Creative Community
Our mission is to create a sustainable, token-based community of the world‘s photographic supply chain, from photographers of all levels to rightsholders and buyers of imagery and image-related IP.
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Transparent
Designed to restore trust and transparency to its members, KODAKOne will deliver blockchain-enabled copyright registration combined with a smart, high-efficiency trustless transaction platform. Every image transaction and license will be immutably stored in KODAKOne’s decentralized registry.
Platform & the product
Registering your images using with the blockchain gives you immutable proof of ownership and enables you to take advantage of all the services on the KODAKOne platform, such as:
IMAGE REGISTRATION
Provides immutable proof of ownership and enables members to take advantage of the platform’s wider services.
RIGHTS MANAGEMENT
Every license is documented by a smart contract on the blockchain which confirms the copyrights and licensing terms and conditions to the associated image(s).
TRANSPARENT ACCOUNTING
Receive royalty payments instantly via the smart accounting and reporting system. Community members don’t need a separate accounting system as all payment and accounting related information is saved on the blockchain.
COMMUNITY MARKETPLACE
Our marketplace enables coin holders to buy, sell and book products and services such as flights, hotels, models, venues and studios with their coins. The marketplace will also create kickstarter opportunities for startups and service
companies.
DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM
KODAKOne is building a distribution platform for rights cleared images. On this Distribution Platform buyers (licensee) and licensors can buy/sell trade images based on the licensors licensing terms and conditions.
POST-LICENSING (Legal Enforcement)
KODAKOne provides continual web crawling in order to protect the IP of its members. Where unlicensed usage of images is detected, KODAKOne can efficiently manage the post-licensing process.
IMAGE TRACKING
Community members can track usages of their photos and use these insights for more efficient and effective marketing of their assets.
INSTANT PAYMENT
Smart contracting payments are executed instantly as all payments will be made in KODAKCoin.
KODAKOne
Platform
Our image management platform, with its proprietary KODAKCoin cryptocurrency, will make it significantly cheaper and faster to register, move and sell digital images. KODAKOne offers a simple, transparent blockchain-based worldwide royalty accounting, licensing and payment system via its smart contract features.
WENN Digital &
Kodak
WENN Digital, Inc. and Eastman Kodak Company have entered into a brand licensing relationship. WENN Digital will provide digital asset management and protection under the Kodak brand for photographers and image-related IP holders worldwide, utilizing blockchain technology and the KODAKOne platform.
What is
KODAKCoin?
The KODAKCoin is the token that powers the KODAKOne platform and will be the future currency for the KODAKOne’s image economy.
Latest News
Kodak Jumps Into the Crypto World with KODAKCoin & Partnership with Wenn Digital on Blockchain Based Digital RIghts Management
KODAK and WENN Digital Partner to Launch Major Blockchain Initiative and Cryptocurrency
KODAKOne platform and KODAKCoin cryptocurrency give photographers a new revenue stream and a secure platform for protecting their work Rochester, NY, Tuesday, January 9, 2018 — Today Kodak and WENN Digital, in a licensing partnership, announced the launch of the KODAKOne image rights management platform and KODAKCoin, a photo-centric cryptocurrency to empower photographers and agencies […]
tZERO to Trade KODAKCoin on Its Future U.S. Regulated Security Token Trading Platform
Overstock.com's blockchain subsidiary, t0.com, Inc. ("tZERO") announced today its intent to provide advisory services to WENN Digital in connection with its recently announced KODAKCoin Security Token Offering […]
Team Members
Jan Denecke
ceo
Jan brings 10+ years of experience as a copyright lawyer. He is the founding partner of law firm Denecke, Priess & Partner (DPP), which has handled over 25,000 IP-Infringement cases, with a specialization in image rights/partnering with different technical service providers.
In 2016 Jan founded Ryde GmbH to commercialise the legal tech image recognition web crawling platform he and his team had been developing. In 2017, the Ryde platform had over a dozen revenue generating clients. Jan then saw the opportunity to scale the platform using blockchain technology. Jan now leads The WENN Digital team with operations across 4 countries.
Matthew Walker
President
Matthew brings 15+ years of experience building and managing content licensing companies. He was appointed as WENN Media CEO in 2016 where he began developing strategies to protect the company's IP and streamline dispute resolution. Prior to WENN Media, Matthew began his career in medicine and as a student doctor co-founded the Bang Media International news agency (2000). In 2010 he stepped out of the medical profession to found Cover Media which continues to create, license and distribute entertainment and lifestyle words, images and video worldwide. Cover Media was acquired by WENN Media in 2015.
Volker Brendel
CTO
Volker brings 15 years of experience in recognition technology and big data environments for global clients.
Volker brings 15 years of experience in recognition technology and big data environments for global clients. Volker currently specializes in artificial intelligence driven image recognition and data analytics as a member of the Ryde team, and the Deloitte Analytics Institute. In 2004 Volker began research in detection support together with the FRAUNHOFER IPK in Berlin with the creation of "Moses" and "Modus" research projects.
Relevant Experience: 2007 research concerning the reconstruction of Stasi documents under the leadership of the FRAUNHOFER Institute and the BSTU, 2009 Market placement of the first product for mobile detection, 2015 Appointment in the senior management from the Deloitte Analytics Institute concentration: big data, mobile, enterprise APPs, image recognition, brand protection platforms. Customers: approximately 30 companies listed on the German stock exchange.
Fabian M. Moritz
CFO
Fabian served as CFO and Head of Finance and Controlling for several companies in Germany.
Fabian joined owner operated advertising agency Kempertrautmann in 2005. Fabian then took over Jung von Matt's finance department in 2012. He served as member of the supervisory board for the Chinese branch, as managing director for the procurement and purchasing corporation as well as officer with statutory authority for the shared service center. Since 2015 Fabian has been a business consultant and shareholder. He provides thought leadership to corporations of all sizes, mainly in the areas of finance and controlling, administrative processes and business development. Fabian is a graduate in Business Administration has a Master Degree in Business Studies and Economics.
Philipp Köhn
COO
Philipp brings 15 years of experience with agency in project management, coordination and execution of key accounts. Philipp led major projects for world leading companies including BMW, McKinsey, Procter & Gamble, and Samsung. He also took part in the build-up and expansion of leading European agencies specializing in defined structures and management processes for teams of hundreds of people.
Advisors
Cameron Chell
Lead Strategic Advisor
Cameron is an advisor on two ICOs (Central Coin & WENN Digital). Cameron is also a serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in the technology, energy and finance sectors. Cameron is the founder and co-founder of several ventures, including Draganfly, RaptorRig, Cold-Bore, Slyce, Futurelink and Urthecast. Cameron is an ongoing thought leader on technology including Blockchain.
Cameron is a regular contributer to multiple tech publications and his book Sustainable Start-Ups was an Amazon Bestseller. Cameron´s primary role is to provide project and strategic management facilitation while working with his co-founders, executives, and investors to determine what is most important and specifically how to get it done.
BENEDIKT VON DOHNANYI
Strategic Advisor and Chief Commercial Officer
Benedikt von Dohnanyi is a senior sports management executive with over eighteen years of experience in the sports industry. He started his professional working career with the International Management Group (IMG) in Cleveland, Ohio, initially starting in finance then moving into events operations and eventually focusing his efforts on business development for the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. In 2005, Benedikt joined Infront Sports and Media. Today his role includes managing some of the company's largest sports assets and expanding the global rights portfolio in summer sports, where he regularly encounters and resolves IP related issues. He sits on numerous boards including the Infront China board as well as Infront Turkey board where he oversees the company's strategic market expansion and development. Benedikt has a Master's Degree in Business with a focus on Management and Entrepreneurship from The Weatherhead School of Management.
Peter H. Diamandis, MD
Fortune Magazine recently named Peter Diamandis as one of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders.
Diamandis is the Founder & Executive Chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation which leads the world in designing and operating large-scale incentive competitions. He is also the Co-Founder & Exec Chairman of Singularity University, a graduate-level Silicon Valley institution that counsels the world’s leaders on exponentially growing technologies.
As an entrepreneur, Diamandis has started 20 companies. He is the Co-Founder of Human Longevity Inc. (HLI), a genomics company focused on extending the healthy human lifespan, Co-Founder & Vice-Chairman of Celularity, Inc., a Cellular Medicine company and Co-Founder and Co-Exec. Chairman of Planetary Resources, a company designing spacecraft to enable the detection and prospecting of asteroid for fuels and precious materials. Diamandis is a Partner of his venture fund, BOLD Capital Partners, and a founding board member of Virgin Hyperloop-One.
Diamandis is a New York Times Bestselling co-author of two books: Abundance & BOLD. He earned degrees in Molecular Genetics and Aerospace Engineering from MIT, and holds an M.D. from Harvard Medical School.
In 2016 the Greek Government honored him by issuing a 1.2 Euro stamp into circulation. Also in 2016, the book How To Make A Spaceship, Peter’s biography and the story of the XPRIZE was written by Julian Guthrie with a Foreword by Richard Branson and an Afterword by Prof. Stephen Hawking.
Seth Shapiro
Two-time Emmy® Award winner Seth Shapiro is a leading advisor in business innovation, media and technology. He is an Adjunct Professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, and has served as a Governor of the Television Academy and member of its Executive Committee. Clients include The Walt Disney Company, Comcast, DIRECTV, Intel, AT&T, IPG, NBC, Showtime, RTL, Telstra, Universal, Slamdance, Goldman Sachs, government bodies, and a wide range of startups and NGOs.
In the blockchain space, he is Head of Strategy at VideoCoin.io, Head of Business Development at Alphabit Digital Currency Fund, and an Advisor to projects including KODAKCoin, WorkCoin and EBoost.
Shapiro has been quoted in outlets including The Economist, The New York Times. The LA Times, CNBC, The Boston Globe, Bloomberg, The Associated Press, PBS and The Daily Mail. As Head of Production at DIRECTV Advanced Services, he launched over 25 services, including NFL Sunday Ticket Interactive and TiVo by DIRECTV, the world’s first major DVR platform.
His first book, “TELEVISION: Innovation, Disruption, and the World’s Most Powerful Medium”, was published in 2016.
ICOXInnovations
advisor
ICOXInnovations, Inc. (Venice Beach, CA) is in the business of designing and creating crypto-economies for established companies that can benefit and grow their business through the use of Blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies.
