Digimarc has three problems. 1) It's fairly pricey to buy a subscription. 2) It places an INVISIBLE mark on images, which means that thieves are not in any way discouraged from taking the items (i.e., they can't see a reason not to take them). 3) It's not at all difficult to remove a Digimarc watermark from a .jpg. I'm not going to say how it's done, but it's not difficult and I think it's probably possible to figure it out even with only moderate graphics experience. (Digimarc is aware of this, of course, they just don't advertise or acknowledge it). I've got nothing against Digimarc, particularly, and have certainly used their service, but for most people it's not really much of an option, and it won't do a lot of good for most folks, unfortunately. It's more hype than help, in my opinion. For what it's worth, they used to have free subscriptions for watermarking 1-99 images per year, no frills, etc. If you wanted the premium services (like them sending out their spider to look for registered images, etc.) you had to pay. Now, everything requires a subscription. bonni

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