Digital BW, The Print

I think most of your points are valid.  However, I don't think we should not be leaning on Adobe too much.  I don't know the number, but there are many software products that have some kind of government imposed security written in.  Otherwise, their ability to sell the product would be severly restricted by the government.  (After all, the government is just looking out for our best interests,  RIGHT!!! (not)).
 
Tom Baker

"Editor P.O.V. Image Service" <editor@...> wrote:
Tom Baker wrote:

>What real difference does it make having something like this in place?  Someone printing money?
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I'm not particularly upset that the feature is there, though it give me 
the creeps, both the US Government and Adobe have legitimate interests 
at stake here.. BUT, what DOES bother me is the way we all had to find 
out about it..  Adobe should have been upfront with users and informed 
them about the new feature either in the press literature, advertising, 
on-site info or the help file.  To stick something like this in a 
program and to not pre-announce or even notify anyone of  the fact that 
it IS there just gives people the creeps, hurts ADOBE, and gives rise to 
wild conspiracy theory allegations..  It's as dumb a move as "New  Coke"..

Moreover, ADOBE is NOT the US Government, and shouldn't be in the 
business of enforcing US Law.  That's the role of law enforcement 
authorities and government, not private industry.

Another issue is that it prevents opening the images for uses that ARE 
legal under the law..

Finally, the fact that ADOBE included this without notifying anyone is 
troubling..  What's next, versions of PhotoShop that won't open an image 
where it thinks nipples exists, unless the "owner" of the program is 
over 18 years old?  This is like much of the gun control law in the US, 
it's window dressing that doesn't stop anyone who is hell bent on 
breaking the law, it just generally tends to inconvenience honest users 
and create a false sense of security instead of deterring the real crooks..


Keith Krebs

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