Watermarks might not be the best way to prevent people from stealing stock photos online. At least, that’s what a Google research paper presented at the 2017 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition ...

Every internet user (especially photographers and journalists) has encountered visible watermarks, the logos and patterns overlaid on digital stock photos to protect copyrights. It’s long been assumed ...

Stock photo distributors must be squirming in fear. Researchers from Google have developed an algorithm that completely removes watermarks from images in a matter of seconds – and it works entirely ...

There’s a lot of creativity in the world of professional photography, with unique and bold ideas defining new boundaries, but there is one thing that remains common among all: watermarks. Used as a ...

Watermarking began in Italy in the 13th century when papermakers used these marks to identify their handiwork. Eventually, specialized watermarks were commissioned. To impede forgery, for instance, ...

Stock photo vendors might not be all that screwed up in the end. Only a week after Google released a paper detailing how its researchers built an algorithm that automatically removes watermarks from ...

Last month at the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition conference, Google showed off an algorithm capable of removing watermarks from photos. Using neural networks, researchers in the company's ...

In context: Watermarks are identifying patterns hidden within a piece of paper, an image, or other types of content. Manufacturers and providers can use it to detect counterfeit or piracy. Now, a ...