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> IAmBecomeDeath who notices the watermark strips it, and reencodes the movie for general consumption. Or wants the $$, so claims it, putting down a breadcrumb
by anilgulecha 9y ago
> IAmBecomeDeath who notices the watermark strips it, and reencodes the movie for general consumption.
Or wants the $$, so claims it, putting down a breadcrumb. (Atleast that's what the technology in the article is for.)
- delinka 9y agoNot putting down a breadcrumb, but implicating John Doe. Presumably because the watermark/key was created specifically for John Doe's copy.
- horsawlarway 9y agoIt's not lucrative enough. The product is worth far more than the measly bounty. Sure, claim that 15 dollars in bitcoin, and never receive another pre-release copy again, or... strip it and continue business as usual. This model really only works when most encoders are not aware the tag is there at all, and don't strip it. Alternatively (as some other comments suggested) Custos buries additional tags without revealing them, in which case they act just like all sorts of other watermarking companies doing the same thing (not terribly effectively).