Digital watermarking of videos

A method of validating a video as being an authentic video comprising the steps of:

• receiving a video,
• separating the video into visual track and audio track,
• accessing authentic audio data and authentic visual data,
• comparing the audio track from the video with the authentic audio data by applying a matching algorithm,
• comparing the visual track from the video with the authentic visual data by applying a matching algorithm, and;
• generating a warning if either of the audio track or the visual track do not match the authentic audio data or authentic visual data respectively, or generating a confirmation validating the video is an authentic video.

A system for generating an authentic video comprising:

• a computing apparatus, the computing apparatus comprising a processor, a memory unit, and a user interface,
• the processor operatively coupled to the user interface and the memory unit,
• the user interface is configured to receive a genuine video,
• the memory unit adapted to store executable instructions which when executed by the processor cause the computing apparatus to:
• receive a genuine video, the video including an audio track and a visual track,
• separate the genuine video into an audio track and a visual track,
• embed a first digital watermark in the visual track,
• embed a second digital watermark in the audio track,
• wherein the first digital watermark is based on a first indicator associated with authentic visual data, and;
• wherein the second digital watermark is based on a second indicator associated with authentic audio data.