Canon Files For DSLR Iris Registration Patent

An anonymous reader writes “Canon has filed for a patent for using iris watermarking (as in the iris of your eye) to take photographer’s copyright protection to the next level. You set up the camera to capture an image of your eye through the viewfinder. Once captured, this biological reference is embedded as metadata into every photo you take. Canon claims this will help with copyright infringement of photos online.”

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