A system and method for distributing title data, such as songs, videos or
computer games. The title data is provided from a central location to a
customer who may purchase or rent a copy of the title data. The title
data is made available on a computer readable media, which may be
physical media, such as a CD or DVD, or virtual media, such as a computer
network. Before distribution, the title data is watermarked with
information to identify the customer to whom the title data was
distributed. The watermark may be created using identifying information
to modulate the title data using a randomly selected modulation scheme at
multiple randomly selected locations. The system stores an indication of
the locations and frequency modulation scheme, allowing the identifying
information to be recovered from the watermarked copy of the title data.