Image Copyright Protection Based on Blockchain Technology Review

Daban Ali; Shavan Askar; mohammed saleem; Mina Othman; Saman M. Omer

Authors

Daban Ali Erbil Polytechnic university
Prof. Dr. Shavan Askar Erbil Polytechnic University
mohammed saleem Erbil Polytechnic University
Mina Othman Erbil Polytechnic University
Saman M. Omer Erbil Politechnic University

Keywords:

Blockchain, Image Processing

Abstract

On a daily basis, a significant number of individuals distribute several photos and videos that have been marginally modified from the original material produced by copyright owners, such as photographers, graphic designers, and video producers. Individuals that infringe upon the rights of others, lacking the legal authority to access multimedia content, employ various digital image and picture manipulation techniques, it involves converting to gray scale, trimming, rotating, contracting the frame, and adjusting the background speed, to modify said content. Blockchain technology obviates the necessity of an intermediary, hence circumventing the possibility of a singular point of failure. Infractions to copyright poses a significant barrier to protecting commercial image and video information. The IPFS blockchain technology offers on-chain preservation for copyright information and off-chain storing for distinct multimedia files. The enhanced perceptual hashing algorithm significantly enhances the precision of identifying connections to identify digital image piracy. The photographers and designers that submit their photographs on websites are experiencing significant dissatisfaction due to a prevalent practice in which others attempt to claim credit and profit from the initial creator's effort.

Author Biography

Prof. Dr. Shavan Askar, Erbil Polytechnic University

Dr. Shavan Askar (Professor of Computer Networks since 15/3/2023). He received his PhD degree in Electronic Systems Engineering from the University of Essex\UK in 2012. He obtained his MSc (2003) and BSc (2001, Ranked 1st on the college) degrees from the Control and Systems Engineering Dept. Baghdad. Dr. Askar works in the field of Networks that includes Internet of Things, Software Defined Networks, Optical Networks, and 5G. Dr. Askar has started his academic career in 2003 when he was appointed as a lecturer at the University of Duhok Iraq until 2008 when he was granted a scholarship to do his PhD degree that commenced in October 2008 and finished successfully in June 2012. Dr. Askar then returned to Iraq to pursue his academic career at the University of Duhok for the period 2012-2016 by supervising master students, teaching post-gradatue courses, and became project manager of so many strategic projects in Kurdistan. In 2016, Dr. Askar joined Duhok Polytechnic University as the Director General of Scientific Research Center, his role includes apart from teaching post-graduate students, contributing to the development of the university from the technological and scientific perspectives. Since 2017, Dr. Askar beside his DPU job is working as an Adjunct Professor at the American University of Kurdistan, he contributed into the establishment of a new program called Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering\College of Engineering, he teaches different courses in this program. Dr. Askar has more than 95 scientific research papers, some of his papers were published in very prestigious conferences such as OFC and ECOC and high impact factor journals. While he was in UK, he worked as a Researcher in two European projects; MAINS project (Metro Architecture enabling Sub wavelengths) and ADDONAS project (Active Distributed and Dynamic Optical Network Access Systems).