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Is there software available that can "obliterate" or watermark an image once the usage rights has expired?

A Question from a Visitor:
Is there software available that can track and "obliterate" or watermark an image once the usage rights has expired on that image?
If so, I would imagine it depends on where that image "lives" once it has been distributed.
Does something like this exist?

Overwhelmed with your project? Start with an asset inventory

A reader recently asked: "My company has not had a digital asset management system.  We are overwhelmed with the thought of a transition to such a system.  We have assets on file servers throughout the organization, our agencies have many of our assets, as do our printers.  How do we begin a plan for corralling our assets and building an organizational structure for them?"

It's easy to be overwhelmed by the magnitude of a project at the start when things look so fragmented and chaotic.  How to get started?  Begin by surveying your content.  Where is it, what kind of shape is it in, who owns it, is it up to date, does it contain metadata, is it redundant?

Best Practices for Building Metadata and Taxonomy

A recent question was posted: "I am involved in creating a DAM solution for my company. The asset ranges from video, arts, images and photographs etc. I can say that the assets would be similar to what CORBIS, Getty Images have in place today. I would like to know is there any best practices for building Metadata and Taxonomy; What kind of architecture that I should follow etc. Please provide me some links and resources."

Seth Earley's Answer:  Here are a couple of links to start with:

Taxonomy Community of Practice: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/TaxoCoP/

Role Descriptions and Governance for DAM

In my prior posts I had spoken about the need to look beyond technology in defining strategies for successful larger DAM implementations. One such area of focus should be the team that implements and ultimately maintains and manages the DAM application and system. In large systems a model of governances should be defined just as in other areas of business.

Consolidating Existing Archives into a Unified DAM

Following up on the last post "Introduction to my Blog" that took a high level look at DAM as an archive of reusable assets this post will take a more detailed look of what companies can do to consolidate existing digital content repositories and allow users a single view of all available digital content.

I want to share some technology architecture approaches that have made it easier to achieve such a consolidated view and also point to some process changes that have proven essential to the success of a larger interconnected content management infrastructure.

Magan Arthur: Intro to My Blog

What readers can expect from my blog is unbiased evaluation of trends and technology with real life stories of large scale DAM projects. I work with various vendors in the area of digital media creation, manipulation, management and distribution. While I have personal opinions about the technologies, architectures, and even people behind the products, I follow a simple principle: Every project is unique and the right application or technology is determined only through unbiased analysis and “down-to-earth” approach.

What makes working with digital media different?

It's clear that digital media-centric business processes are proliferating. But compared to traditional data and other types of content workflows, digital media typically requires special handling and processing, and has more complex and resource-intensive workflows and team collaboration. This post explores some of these unique requirements.