DRM In JPEGs? (eff.org)

JustAnotherOldGuy writes: Adding DRM to JPEG files is being considered by the Joint Photographic Expert Group (JPEG), which oversees the JPEG format. The JPEG met in Brussels today to discuss adding DRM to its format, so there would be images that could force your computer to stop you from uploading pictures to Pinterest or social media. The EFF attended the group's meeting to tell JPEG committee members why that would be a bad idea. Their presentation(PDF) explains why cryptographers don't believe that DRM works, points out how DRM can infringe on the user's legal rights over a copyright work (such as fair use and quotation), and warns how it places security researchers at legal risk as well as making standardization more difficult. It doesn't even help to preserve the value of copyright works, since DRM-protected works and devices are less valued by users.

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All this nonsense

[JustAnotherOldGuy]

All this nonsense, defeated by a simple screenshot.

And I'm sure someone will quickly write a DRM-stripper to clean up these DRM-infected files.

Let me be as succinct as I can regarding DRM in .jpg files: No. No, no, no.

Re: DRM Thwarted by Printscreen

[mukinrestak]

They don't have to make it impossible, just illegal. And guess what, TPP and its ilk are trying to spread anti DRM circumvention laws to other countries.