On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 8:20 AM, Andreas Kuckartz <a.kuckartz@ping.de>wrote: > Mark Watson: > > In practice, individual watermarking would probably be implemented on the > > client side, so it would still require proprietary non-modifiable > software > > on users' computers. > > Why would watermarking have to be implemented on the client side ?! > It doesn't *have* to be implemented on the client side, but in practice that approach is more likely (if watermarking were adopted as a solution at all). Consider that, presently, it is difficult task to scale video content distribution on the Internet using pared-down highly-optimized dumb http servers (as we do). Server-side individual watermarking would require a fundamental change in physical resources at the network edge to include vastly more compute power. I think it's likely that a client-side approach would be much more feasible as a result. This is based on assuming that economics would drive the technical solution, not something else. > > > I wouldn't view watermarking as a panacea. The problem of stolen > > credentials and the resultant false accusations is a significant one. > > Yes, these perhaps would be issues to be discussed. > > Cheers, > Andreas >
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