White Papers

The mission of the DWA is to create awareness and promote the value of digital watermarking to content owners, industry, policy makers, and consumers. Feel free to download any of the following white papers to learn more about our organization.

• The Case for Content Identification — Supporting New Business Models and Effectively Managing Key Business Assets (PDF, 207kb)
• Managing Valuable Image Assets — Using Digital Watermarking for Copyright Communication and Image Search (PDF, 230kb)
• Digital Serial Numbers and Piracy Deterrence — The Deterrent Effect of Digital Serial Numbers on Illegal File-Sharing and Downloading (PDF, 200kb)
• Enabling New Mobile Applications — A Comparison of Technologies (PDF, 736kb)
• Digital Watermarking as a Proposed Solution to Orphan Works (PDF, 88kb)
• DCIA White Paper on Digital Watermarking Technology in P2P Networks (PDF, 22kb)
• DWA White Paper on P2P (PDF, 297kb)