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Canon Files For DSLR Iris Registration Patent

Posted by kdawson on from the biological-metadata dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Canon has filed for a patent for using iris watermarking (as in the iris of your eye) to take photographer's copyright protection to the next level. You set up the camera to capture an image of your eye through the viewfinder. Once captured, this biological reference is embedded as metadata into every photo you take. Canon claims this will help with copyright infringement of photos online."

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  1. An idea... by DigitalisAkujin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Can we get a standalone USB Iris scanner for Photoshop?

    I know a lot of people who would benefit from this type of watermarking.

    It would certainly become useful on Art social networking sites like mine.

  2. Story is tagged "gay"? by Pendersempai · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Is it too much to ask that we kick the homophobia? Some people are gay; get over it.

  3. Re:You *BOTH* fail by BLAG-blast · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No. We can't both fail. I bet against him winning. If he fails I win, if he doesn't fail, I do. So, YOU FAIL! ;-)

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  4. Re:uh by IndustrialComplex · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Get with the times. Illegal pictures are now undocumented migrant worker pictures.

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