SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISCOURAGING COPYING BY RECURRING QUANTIZATION LOSS

摘要

The present invention alters a signal slightly after the decoding step so that the quantization loss is made recurring while not obvious to a human viewer of the decoded signal. The slightly altered signal, when re-encoded, is degraded enough to be annoying, without the measures being perceived in the first decoded signal. The present invention can be applied to a decoded digital signal if sufficient register space is available or to an analog signal after AD conversion.