Content distributed across organizations loses its provenance in transit. Metadata is stripped by content management systems, file conversion, and social platforms. Attribution, licensing terms, and chain of custody disappear.
Diker makes every content transfer permanent, provable, and recoverable.
The problem
A single image loses its provenance at every handoff. By the time it reaches the public, there is no record of who created it, who received it, or what terms applied.
Today
Wire service
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Publisher
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Syndication partner
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Social media
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Creator, copyright, license, source, contact — all gone. No proof of origin. No proof of terms.
Our solution
The metadata is still stripped — that's reality. But Diker ensures provenance can be recovered at every stage through three independent mechanisms.
Wire service
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Publisher
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Syndication partner
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Social media
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Metadata still degrades. But provenance — origin, chain of custody, licensing terms — is stored in the Diker registry and recoverable by matching the visual content itself, even after the file has been converted or resized.
What you get
Each content transfer generates a signed, timestamped credential recording sender, receiver, and agreed terms. Any alteration to the signed record is mathematically detectable.
Usage rights — editorial only, web, 12 months — are embedded directly in the content credential. If content is used beyond the agreed scope, the signed terms provide an authoritative reference.
Submit any suspect image. Diker matches it against the registry via content fingerprint, returning the full chain of custody: origin, every handoff, and the applicable license terms.
The receiving organization confirms receipt, creating a shared record of the transfer. Both parties hold the same signed credential — eliminating disputes over what was delivered and when.
Why now
The ecosystem for verifiable content is materializing. Major platforms, hardware manufacturers, and standards bodies are converging on content credentials as the foundation for digital trust. Organizations that distribute content across boundaries need the infrastructure to participate.
6,000+
organizations in the Content Authenticity Initiative, including Adobe, Microsoft, BBC, and Reuters
Top 10
Gartner named Digital Provenance a top-10 strategic technology trend for 2026
Aug 2026
EU AI Act and California AI Transparency Act introduce the first mandatory provenance requirements for AI-generated content
The same trust layer the world's largest organizations are adopting — C2PA, ISCC, IPTC, eIDAS.
Who it's for
License high-resolution images for reproduction and exhibition. Need to track which institutions received which assets and under what reproduction terms.
Represent photographers whose work is routinely distributed without attribution. Require persistent ownership proof that survives metadata stripping.
Produce and deliver licensed creative assets to brand clients. Need to prove what was delivered, under what terms, and when rights were accepted.
Receive content from agencies and freelancers. Need to verify provenance on ingestion and demonstrate licensing compliance on publication.
Share footage across networks and national borders. Require verifiable proof of origin to satisfy emerging content authenticity regulations.
Distribute brand assets to agencies and media partners. Need assurance that approved versions are used within agreed scope and duration.
See Diker in action with your actual content workflow. We'll walk through a handoff, show the provenance chain, and run a live lookup.