It's b, sorry if I wasn't clear. I'm giving some files to someone for review. I don't want these to become distributed since they contain secret sauce recipes and if they leak I want to be able to blame the correct person. On Sep 13, 2012 10:19 PM, "Nicholas Leippe" <[email protected]> wrote:
> There are three typical types/reasons for watermarking that I can think of: > > a) as a signature, so you know the content has not been altered, such > as on a check > b) as an id, so you can track who distributed copies when they weren't > supposed to, such as (conceivably) audio/video at a movie theater > c) to render the content less-than-fully-functional, yet sufficient > for reviewers, e.g. photographs--you wouldn't want to blow up a review > print and put it on your wall or send it on your Christmas cards > because it has "Joe's photography" emblazoned across it > > It isn't clear which, (or if there isn't yet a 4th reason), is the > intended application here. Also, this may be problem Y, and not > problem X :) > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
