Legal Definitions - steganography

Steganography is a way of hiding one piece of information inside another. It's like a secret code that only certain people know how to read.

For example, you could hide a message in a picture by changing the color of certain pixels. To the naked eye, the picture would look the same, but someone who knows where to look could decode the hidden message.

Another example is digital watermarking. This is when a small, invisible mark is added to a digital file, like a photo or a song. The mark contains information about who owns the file or where it came from. Even if someone tries to copy or share the file, the watermark will still be there, proving who the original owner was.

Steganography is often used to protect intellectual property, like music or movies. By adding a hidden mark to a file, the owner can prove that they created it and have the right to control how it's used.