catfish252

The JPEG Committee is contemplating adding DRM (Digital Rights Management) to the JPEG format. Do you think it will help prevent images from being misused? See here:

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/8581970544/jpeg-committee-contemplates-adding-drm-to-image-format?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=generic&ref_=pe_1822230_153593070

Morning Star Loc: West coast, North of the 49th N.

It will prevent a number of folks from using the image without permission, but you can be sure that someone will come up with a crack for the jpg-drm.

Jim Bob

:thumbup:

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

You can't defeat PrtScn.

Rongnongno Loc: FL

No. I read about it two days. As one has pointed out earlier nothing prevents someone to open an image in PS CC by example, create a copy after selecting all and paste it as a new image. Everything as pixels goes is copied the rest is left out. This is similar to playing a movie and record it. DRM? bzzzt...

DRM only indicates that you do not want your image(s) used in. That has never stopped anyone and since using someone else work to produce your own is now perfectly legal (refer to recent court decisions in the US.).

In the same article it was pushed that you could use a password to open an image in order to edit it. All good and great but... Every time you try to use it for display or sale it or whatever you will need to give the password in order to do so. This raises another problem. You would need to create a different password per image or set of images... Good luck with that.

I think that this committee should address other things like the lousy 'lossy' additive compression logarithm used. Ah, oh, JPG 2000 and JPGX addressed that but no one has accepted these changes because it would have meant changing JPG flat tire (user end)... Who wants to be the first? The chicken or the egg? The chicken chickened out before one had the time to ask the egg.

Rongnongno Loc: FL

err think about what you are saying here. A screen can display only a small part of the real data inside any image so a print screen?

jgitomer Loc: Skippack Pennsylvania

Yes, but! Many of those who steal others work don't seem to care about image quality.

Jerry

Rongnongno Loc: FL

Quality like that? Give me a break will you we are speaking of serious photography not crappy captures, even if it applies to everything.

Carl D Loc: Albemarle, NC.

I can hear the hackers warming up now.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

People who want to steal images will still steal them.
--Bob

bkyser Loc: Fly over country in Indiana

Only way to guarantee that none of your images are EVER stolen is to never post them, or email them. Shoot, probably want to avoid even uploading them from your memory card to your computer.

woody14010 Loc: Texas

If you're worried about it don't put them on the internet - simple!!