18 Aug 2007
Watermarking to replace DRM?

Interesting ... not sure I'd object to this at all if used only for identification, as I can't see any way it impinges on my fair use material I've purchased, while it would certainly give pause to the outright thief of copyrighted material. Throwing ads in, well, I'd find that obnoxious, of course, and would demand a lower price for any material so encumbered. Like free.

Watermarking has been in the news twice in the past week. First, Wired's Eliot Van Buskirk revealed that Universal will insert watermarks in the DRM-free files it's distributing through Rhapsody, Amazon.com and other online stores.

(link) [CNET]

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