Digital Watermarking for Protection of Intellectual Property

Digital watermarking is the process of embedding information into a digital signal in a way that is difficult to remove and protect the copyright of media signals. This paper aims to provide a universal review and background about the watermarking definition, purpose, techniques and types of concept and the main contributions in this field. It starts with a general view of digital data, the Internet and the products of these two, namely, the multimedia and the e-commerce. Then, it provides with some initial background and history of digital watermarking. This paper presents an extensive and deep literature review of the field of digital watermarking and watermarking algorithms. It also highlights the future prospective of the digital watermarking