Copyright image; visual digital metadata compliant application innovation design / Ellyana Mohd Muslim Tan … [et al.]

This research proposes a system for securely registering an image to its creator or owner, in order to curtail image theft across the internet. Current strategies for curtailing theft include Watermarking which this can be visually unappealing, and can be overcome with image editing software, or by cropping. Metadata which creator information can be attached to images with metadata, but unfortunately can be easily changed after the fact with software. This research proposes a new strategy. Any image creation device that connects to the internet, such as a smartphone or a camera with IoT (internet of things) technology, can upload a copy of that image to a secure image vault at or near the time of creation; before the image is transferred off of the device. This allows the image to be irrevocably associated with the person who created it.