The Joint Photographic Experts Group recently launched a Privacy &
Security initiative that potentially brings digital rights management
(DRM) to regular JPEG images, not just the specialized JPEG 2000 format.
The proposal could protect your privacy by encrypting metadata (such as
where you took a photo), but it could also prevent you from copying or
opening some pictures. Needless to say, that opens up a can of worms
when it comes to fair use rights. If someone slapped DRM on a photo, you
couldn’t use it for news, research or remixed art — many of the
internet memes you know wouldn’t be possible.
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