Activated Content

{{Infobox website

| name = Activated Content

| url =

| type = Digital Audio Watermarking

| registration = Client

| owner = Private

| author = Activated Content

| launch_date = January 5, 2000

}}

Activated Content is a digital watermarking company based in Seattle, Washington. The company has its own proprietary audio watermarking technology and provides solutions{{solution-inline|date=December 2021}} based around watermarking.

The system was designed with help from Sony Music and Universal Music.{{cite press release|url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/aug07/08-15ActivatedContentPR.mspx |title=Activated Content Licenses Microsoft Technology to Enhance Audio Watermarking Efforts |publisher=Microsoft |date=7 August 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224035202/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/aug07/08-15ActivatedContentPR.mspx |archivedate=February 24, 2008 }}{{cite news|url=https://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/commentary/listeningpost/2007/08/listeningpost_0820 |title=Wired Magazine |date=August 20, 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517005756/http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/commentary/listeningpost/2007/08/listeningpost_0820 |archivedate=May 17, 2008 }}{{cite web |

url=https://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070819-activated-licenses-ms-watermarking-to-sell-ads.html

| title= Deal may lead to free but "watermarked" music | date= 20 August 2007 }}