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Publishing Services Manager: Scott Norton

Assistant Publishing Services Manager: Edward Wade

Associate Production Editor: Marnie Boyd

Assistant Acquisitions Editor: Karyn Johnson

Cover Design: Frances Baca Design

Text Design: Side By Side Studios/Mark Ong

Composition: Interactive Composition Corporation

Technical Illustration: Dartmouth Publishing, Inc.

Copyeditor: Daril Bentley

Proofreader: Ken DellaPenta

Indexer: Bill Meyers

Printer: Courier Corporation

Cover credits: The background image, used here as a watermark, is artwork from the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, a Renaissance work published in 1499 that is renowned for its use of mysterious images and hidden messages. By permission of the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin.

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DISCLAIMER: The purpose of this book is to provide readers general information about digital watermark technology as of the book's publication date. The authors have included sample code (and other illustrations) of digital watermark technology based on their original work and ideas...