Can invisible watermarks resolve rightful ownerships?

Scott A. Craver; Nasir D. Memon; Boon-Lock Yeo; Minerva M. Yeung

doi:10.1117/12.263419

15 January 1997 Can invisible watermarks resolve rightful ownerships?

Scott A. Craver, Nasir D. Memon, Boon-Lock Yeo, Minerva M. Yeung

Proceedings Volume 3022, Storage and Retrieval for Image and Video Databases V; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.263419
Event: Electronic Imaging '97, 1997, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Digital watermarks have been proposed in recent literature as the means for copyright protection of multimedia data. In this paper we address the capability of invisible watermarking schemes to resolve copyright ownerships. We will show that rightful ownerships cannot be resolved by current watermarking schemes alone. In addition, in the absence of standardization of watermarking procedures, anyone can claim ownership of any watermarked image. Specifically, we provide counterfeit watermarking schemes that can be performed on a watermarked image to allow multiple claims of rightful ownerships. We also proposed non-invertible watermarking schemes in this paper and discuss in general the usefulness of digital watermarks in identifying the rightful copyright owners. The results, coupled with the recent attacks on some image watermarks, further imply that we have to carefully re-think our approaches to invisible watermarking of images, and re- evaluate the promises, applications and limitations of such digital means of copyright protection.

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Scott A. Craver, Nasir D. Memon, Boon-Lock Yeo, and Minerva M. Yeung "Can invisible watermarks resolve rightful ownerships?", Proc. SPIE 3022, Storage and Retrieval for Image and Video Databases V, (15 January 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.263419

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