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Recent advances in digital communications and storage technologies have brought major changes for consumers. High-capacity hard disks and DVDs can store large amounts of audiovisual data. In addition, faster Internet connection speeds and the emerging high bitrate DSL connections provide sufficient bandwidth for entertainment networks.
These improvements in computers and communication networks are radically changing the economics of intellectual property reproduction and distribution. Intellectual property owners must exploit new ways of reproducing, distributing, and marketing their intellectual property. However, a major problem with current digital distribution and storage technologies is the great threat of piracy.
This book is carefully edited β authors are worldwide experts in the field of multimedia watermarking and protection of multimedia content. Our goal is to cover all current and future trends in designing modern systems for multimedia watermarking.
The technical level of the book is between an intermediate and high level. The book is primarily intended for researchers and practitioners in the field. However, some chapters are less technical than others and can be beneficial to those readers who need a broad understanding of multimedia security. The key points of the book can be summarized as follows:
The book describes and evaluates the current state-of-the-art in multimedia watermarking techniques and related technologies, architectures, standards, and applications.
The book also presents future trends and developments in this area.
Advanced topics in audio, image, and video watermarking, including fragile watermarks for images, robust watermarks for video, and reversible watermarks, are also covered.
Contributors to the book are the leading researchers from academia and practitioners from industry.
With the dramatic growth of digital entertainment and Internet applications, this book can be the definitive resource for persons working in this field as researchers, scientists, programmers, and engineers. This book can also be beneficial for business managers, entrepreneurs, and investors.
Protection of Multimedia Content in Distribution Networks
Vulnerabilities of Multimedia Protection Schemes
Survey of Watermarking Techniques and Applications
Robust Identification of Audio Using Watermarking and Fingerprinting
High-Capacity, Real-Time Audio Watermarking with Perfect Correlation Sequence and Repeated Insertion
Multidimensional Watermark for Still Image: Parallel Embedding and Detection
Image Watermarking Method Resistant to Geometric Distortions
Fragile Watermarking for Image Authentication
New Trends and Challenges in Digital Watermarking Technology: Applications for Printed Materials
Robust Watermark Detection from Quantized MPEG Video Data
Image Watermarking Robust to Both Geometric Distortion and JPEG Compression
Reversible Watermarks Using a Difference Expansion
Combined Indexing and Watermarking of 3-D Models Using the Generalized 3-D Radon Transforms
Digital Watermarking Framework: Applications, Parameters, and Requirements