Abstract
We outline a scheme by which encrypted multicast audiovisual data may be watermarked by lightweight active network components in the multicast tree. Every recipient receives a slightly different version of the marked data, allowing those who illegally re-sell that data to be traced. Groups of cheating users or multicast routers can also be traced. There is a relationship between the requirements for the scheme proposed here, the requirements for reliable multicast protocols, and proposed mechanisms to support layered delivery of streamed media in the Internet.
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Brown, I., Perkins, C., Crowcroft, J. (1999). Watercasting: Distributed Watermarking of Multicast Media. In: Rizzo, L., Fdida, S. (eds) Networked Group Communication. NGC 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1736. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-46703-8_18
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