Tag: WATERMARK

Instances of personal photos being poached from the Web and used for nefarious purposes abound. Typically, those stories involve the dissemination of incriminating images, which are then used to implicate or embarrass the owner. Typically, anyway. A Missouri family recently learned that a holiday photo had been plucked from the Web. But, instead of being used for shady purposes, the image was ...

Record labels looking to keep their property off of illegal file-sharing networks have begun experimenting with a technology called 'watermarking' as the successor to DRM, or digital right management. DRM is a system of adding a small amount of data to an audio file, which puts draconian limitations on copying, burning, and playback of the material. Customers dislike these restrictions and ...