One of my side projects is a photo water marking SaaS. I was surprised when people actually started paying for it years ago, as I figured, &quot;there&#x27;s a ton of watermarking apps out there&quot;.  But it turns out there&#x27;s a lot of demand from amateur and semi-pro photographers who believe, rightly or wrongly, that they&#x27;re being ripped off (and want a simple way to watermark their photos).
For pros, There are other services out there that actively scan the internet looking for infringers and send DMCA takedown, or similar, notices. These services are generally two pricey for the type of customers my side-project has.<p>I guess my point is - there is a pretty big demand to protect images online. I suspect DRM will end up being implement in some form or another.