Strictly speaking, DRM = digital rights management, which is related to intellectual property.

SynthID would only be DRM if Google/OpenAI were claiming IP rights over their images. I don’t even know if that’s legal though.

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WhatIsDukkha 4 hours ago | parent [-]

What value does "strictly speaking" bring to the discussion?

So that you don't have to address any of the issues?

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janalsncm 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Words matter? DRM means digital rights management, not simply any kind of metadata a person doesn’t like.

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WhatIsDukkha 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes... they do matter, perhaps using care in your understanding before attempting to nitpick?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management#Wate...

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fc417fc802 24 minutes ago | parent [-]

Perhaps bother to read what you linked before being snarky?

> They are not complete DRM mechanisms in their own right, but are used as part of a system for copyright enforcement ...

Because watermarks in and of themselves are not, in fact, DRM. Even if I agree that their mass adoption by BigTech is a really bad sign for personal privacy and (eventually) freedom.

	▲	WhatIsDukkha 12 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Yes I did read it years ago and again today? If you read my original point you'd see I said "weird DRM glorp" which you and other have tried, and failed to only closely parse "DRM" so that you could nitpick poorly. It is integral and part of DRM systems and certainly "weird DRM glorp" for an actual close reader. DRM is not just "I cant watch X movie because DRM" even if that is the statistically prevalent understanding of DRM. Its a suite of technologies of which watermarking is one of.

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dylan604 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Because DRM is primarily used to ensure the content is not shared in a way the owner does not allow. That is not what SynthID is doing. All it does is allow people to know it is a generated image specifically for when it starts to be widely shared on the internet.

So strictly speaking brings a lot to the discussion when you actually think about it. Stating that DRM != SynthID is addressing issues where people seem to think that DRM == SynthID. Those people are wrong, and strictly speaking need to be corrected.

	▲	WhatIsDukkha 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You are making a category error -- "this image made by OpenAI" is a drm assertion You wont be able to assert copyright of the picture that you added an OpenAI red bowtie to, thats a DRM issue.

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drdeca 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Accuracy is valuable.