Medaber

No. It's not that simple.

For a real example that really works, see, for example, digimarc:

https://www.digimarc.com/support/product/digimarc-guardian-f...

Images can be cropped, rotated, recompressed, scaled, etc. and the digital watermark remains.

Also see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digimarc

and read some of their patents, referenced in the Wikipedia article.

I'm not sure if this will hurt the paid subscription model. I pay for WSJ. People who want to rely on "free" news deserve the news they get.

While their google traffic may decrease, they may end up getting more paid subscribers.