Machines Learn to Remove Copyright Watermarks by kidsysco

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Machines Learn to Remove Copyright Watermarks
[This breakthrough in machine learning](https://research.googleblog.com/2017/08/making-visible-watermarks-more-effective.html) has taught the computer to remove copyright watermarks from stock photos or other copyrighted images. 

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JMshGexKN3M/WZTFK9kXErI/AAAAAAAAB84/NGuNLV7gRkAQWkrs2zso06O0aJ5m0jXoQCLcBGAs/s1600/f4.png

The machine can look at millions of images and if it identifies the same watermark being used many times, it can be removed flawlessly.

So Google throws off it's Machine Learning algorithms by randomly warping the watermark a tiny bit.  

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ydMbkNwtZ08/WZTIahnqOII/AAAAAAAAB9E/to_qQyGA2DU3GJ2COOcWKrMlYQrO_GIEACLcBGAs/s640/image10.gif

It does seem to help, so for now... You can create a better watermark, by randomly warping the watermark a tiny bit. However, I somehow doubt that is going to confuse the machine learning process for much longer.

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8iXgji63fNo/WZTI8s8u00I/AAAAAAAAB9M/dGSn8rSgUCMH4TtTy899_fS2Rkeb2UipACLcBGAs/s1600/image18.png

# Watch For Yourself

Here is a nifty little video the Google researchers put together to explain it all. Have fun!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02Ywt87OpS4

https://research.googleblog.com/2017/08/making-visible-watermarks-more-effective.html
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@akilie1029 ·
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So, it will be much easier to copy a photo from the internet now??? scary!! :)
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@shencoin · (edited)
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i read about watermark and copyright issue first time its new for me and its good that u make a post after some days @kidsysco sir
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@cryplectibles ·
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This is awesome, because it is a pretty neat function and also because we need more positive machine learning news lol.
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@adnanrabbani ·
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Very nice information @kidsysco sir, it great to see that now it's easy to remove watermarks from images.
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@builderofcastles ·
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Pretty soon copyright is going to be meaningless.
Imagine a world where everyone ran a torrent over TOR and that is what everyone used for exchange of all things internet.

The future of the internet will no longer rely on central servers.  And after that, trying to enforce copyright will be like trying to shoot a swarm of mosquitoes with a big bore rifle.  (you may hit one... maybe)

So, the only copyright will be the people respecting the original artist.
And, a piece we still need in the internet is the ability to easily tip artists for content.  (yes, steemit is a good step)
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@joe.nobel · 
But the trouble is people <b>don't</b> respect the original artist.
I'd hate to have some of my writing swiped. It hasn't happened yet because I'm a very small minnow, but I might wake up one day very disappointed that someone not only taking, but is profiting my creative efforts.

The idea of copyright doesn't go away just because that creative work is easily duplicable. Just because it's easy to steal something off the internet and you might never  be called out to take down that piece, it doesn't mean its okay. Remember the Steemit rules about using proper attribution.
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@builderofcastles · 
A copyright never stopped people from stealing the work of artists.
Even Hall-water-mark has stolen people's works.
The laws have done nothing to ameliorate this.

So, the internets and the resources on it, should be set up to as easily find the original artist as possible.  Because, what the good people on the internets want, is more of that content.  And people love to give back when they have been given to.
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@theabsolute ·
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First I have heard of this. Thanks for sharing!
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