Re: [projectvrm] Watermarking personal data

[Peter Cranstone < >]

Lets say you watermark something. So it now carries evidence it was shared
by A with B, who then shared it with C, who then shared it with D.

What comes next? How do you asses damages? Do you hire lawyers to chase
the offender down? Do you have the budget to spend thousands in legal fees
to enforce the watermark? IMO consumers could really care less -
compliance industries maybe yes. But when the effort to protect rises
above the cost of reasonableness 99% of people will simply not bother.

So what you need to answer the question is more context. Exactly how much
is that watermark protected image worth. Once you have a value you can
determine the cost of protection.



Peter




On 10/8/13 7:48 AM, "Doc Searls" 
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>Is there yet a way yet to watermark shared data, or to concatenate
>information about who is sharing it with whom ‹ so if the data arrives at
>D, it carries evidence it was shared by A with B, who then shared it with
>C, who then shared it with D.
>
>Doc