From: Mike Macedonia Subject: ANNOUNCE: CRCG Announces New Digital Watermarking Service on the Web Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 11:32:58 -0400 (EDT) CRCG Announces New Digital Watermarking Service on the Web (Providence, Rhode Island.) The Fraunhofer Center for Research in Computer Graphics (CRCG) announces the establishment of the SysCoP(tm) World-Wide-Web digital watermarking service. The service will be available free for a limited time only beginning October 1, 1996, at http://www.crcg.edu/syscop . SysCoP(tm) SysCoP(tm) (System for Copyright Protection) is a digital media labeling tool that allows the information provider to embed a robust and invisible copyright label in structured text, image, audio, or video data. The labeling technique discourages misuse of digital media by making the media traceable and by providing evidence of alteration. The embedded copyright label is undetectable. It also cannot be removed or altered without destroying the appearance or utility of the original medium. SysCoP(tm) can be applied to all areas where data protection, security, or intellectual property rights protections are needed. The most applicable field is on-line or off-line electronic publishing, from electronic newspapers (magazines) to portable medium (CDs, CD-ROMs, CD-Is). SysCoP(tm) is also useful in the fields of medical imaging, electronic commerce, broadcast services, and law enforcement. For example, SysCoP(tm) could provide the authentication necessary for establishing chain-of-custody for forensic evidence in criminal cases. Digital Media The SysCoP(tm) system currently works with still image, audio files, motion data, and structured text documents. For still images, it reads PPM (PGM, PBM) formats directly and uses a conversion tool-kit to support JPEG, GIF, and TIFF formats. For structured text documents, SysCoP(tm) works on PostScript(tm) files produced by Microsoft Word for Windows(tm). JPEG and MPEG-1 encoded motion data can also be watermarked with SysCoP(tm). Several audio file formats are supported. Netscape Navigator(tm) Plug-in CRCG is also developing a SysCoP(tm) plug-in technology for Netscape Navigator(tm), Photoshop(tm), and digital cameras. Combined with an image encryption tool available from CRCG, a new SysCoP(tm) module will allow digital watermarking to be added at the source; e.g., directly from Photoshop(tm) and digital cameras. The plug-in for Netscape Navigator(tm) will enable digital information to be marked and then traced as it moves around the Web. CONTACT For more information and to obtain system documentation, please visit our WWW site or contact Dr. Michael Macedonia or Dr.-Ing. Jian Zhao at the address below. Dr. Michael R. Macedonia, Vice President phone: 401-453-6363 x105 fax: 401-453-0444 email: mmacedon@crcg.edu Dr.-Ing. Jian Zhao phone: 401-453-6363 x107 fax: 401-453-0444 email: jzhao@crcg.edu WWW: http://www.crcg.edu SysCoP(tm) is a trademark of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Munich, Germany. Netscape Navigator(tm) is a trademark of Netscape Communications Corporation. Microsoft Word for Windows(tm) is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. PostScript(tm) and Photoshop(tm) are trademarks of Adobe Systems, Inc. [MODERATOR'S NOTE: Commercial postings are offered on this newsgroup as a public service. Their appearance here does not indicate endorsement by the moderators or by the USENET or its administrators.]