‘Watermark Technology For Copyright Monitoring Now Patented’
“…Digimarc has now patented watermarking technology that then alerts the copyright holder that its content is being used. Of course, given the earlier discussion about how the technology isn’t particularly good, this patent seems more likely to hurt the watermarking concept than help it.” - Techdirt.
Related: The e-copyright debate and a Microsoft alum’s new watermark service.
Just how will the Digimarc patent affect Infoflows (photo of Infoflows head Steve Stone)? I much prefer watermarking to the usual Draconian DRM, but Techdirt is still raising useful questions.
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