[Fmpro] Digital Watermarking

[Les Hurdle]

Hi Chris,

Watermarking has long been the goal for many of us.
All of my recent Library music is watermarked, but there is a kicker in 
this issue.

PRO's like ASCAP have said they wont recognize data provided outside of 
their own survey methods.
Maybe BMI is the same.
EU PRO's claim they have no need to be involved in watermarking since 
their broadcasters have to report all plays.

So how is watermarking going to help at this time?

You might want to check out fingerprinting.
Mediaguide at ASCAP, Shazam at BMI are the companies of choice.
Both PRO's state it will only be for songs.

I'm curious how do you plan to use watermarking, and to what end?

Best

Les

On Aug 10, 2006, at 10:59 PM, Merritt Music Productions wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> As part of my new library biz, I now have to deal directly with digital
> watermarking issues.  Here's a little info I found...
>
> http://www.webreference.com/content/watermarks/tracking.html
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Chris
>
> Merritt Music Productions
> 9701 Clearwater Drive
> Knoxville, TN 37923
> merrittmusic.com
> 865-357-5473
>
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