Digital BW, The Print

Hi,

Unless someone can explain differently, it's the scanner driver that scans
the image...so unless the scanner driver contains this CDS stuff, it's
really moot what Adobe does, as you can still scan the currency using just
the scanner driver and some other application.

Regards,

Austin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Editor P.O.V. Image Service [mailto:editor@...]
> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 1:19 AM
> To: Digital B&W
> Subject: [Digital BW] [OT] ADOBE's Response
>
>
>
> What follows is Dan Margulis's report of ADOBE's response. To cut to the
> chase: Of course they've failed completely to answer the all important
> question of why they gave no a priori notice of the new "feature."
>
>
>
> "
>
> Folks,
>
> The following was posted at Adobeforums this evening by Kevin Connor, a
> prominent member of the Photoshop team, in response to the concerns
> expressed over the anticounterfeiting technology incorporated in Photoshop
> CS.
>
> Dan Margulis
> _______________________
>
> As someone at Adobe who was involved in the decision to include
> counterfeit
> deterrence in Photoshop CS, let me finally provide you with a response
> to all
> of these concerns and questions. Sorry for the delay!:
>
> Photoshop CS does indeed include a counterfeit deterrence system (CDS) to
> prevent the illegal duplication of banknotes. The CDS was created by a
> consortium of central banks from around the world. We, along with other
> hardware and software manufacturers, have included CDS in our products at
> their request to address the threat posed by the use of digital
> technologies in
> the counterfeiting of banknotes. There are other software products from
> other
> companies that already use this same technology. There are also hardware
> products that use the same or similar technology. For example, most color
> copiers sold today will not allow you to copy currency.
>
> As digital imaging technology advances, becoming more broadly available
> and user friendly, the old barriers to currency reproduction are
> becoming less
> effective. The unscrupulous are taking advantage of the functionality
> that is
> being provided to the vast majority of honest users for the purposes of
> counterfeiting currency. In the US and around the world, counterfeiting
> through digital means is increasing exponentially, and retailers and the
> general public--including our own customers--are at risk.
>
> Counterfeit currency is essentially a hot potato. Whoever holds it last,
> loses.
> The person who loses isn't necessarily the counterfeiter. There's no
> government body in place to "reimburse" people who, through no fault of
> their
> own, get paid with currency that turns out to be counterfeit. In our
> implementation of CDS, we've worked very hard to balance the need to
> protect these unsuspecting victims of counterfeiting along with
> the need to
> continue to provide a product that efficiently does what honest customers
> need it to do.
>
> There appear to be several major concerns and objections repeated
> throughout this message thread, so I'll try to address each one
> individually:
>
> 1. Performance: CDS does not cause any noticeable slowdown in Photoshop
> performance. During most operations performed in Photoshop, CDS is not
> used at all. When it is used, the performance impact often is just a
> fraction of a
> second.
>
> 2. Legal use of notes: It is true that the current implementation of CDS
> will
> prevent you from scanning in your own banknotes even if your usage
> intent is
> entirely within legal boundaries. Regulations for using banknote images
> vary
> by country. It is the responsibility of the central bank in each country
> to provide
> images that can be used within the legal guidelines of that country. In
> other
> words, if you want to legally reproduce images of the new $20US bills on a
> Web site or in a marketing brochure, you can contact the U.S. Bureau of
> Engraving and Printing for legal images that can be opened and manipulated
> in Photoshop CS. (You can visit them at www.moneyfactory.com.) Similar
> solutions should be available in other countries. If you find that your
> central
> bank is not providing adequate support to permit legal uses of their
> banknote
> images, then you should let them know.
>
> 3. Adobe's intentions: Please be assured that this implementation
> of CDS is
> not a step down the road towards Adobe becoming "Big Brother." We know
> that one of the reasons people love Photoshop is because it's an
> incredibly
> flexible tool that can be used for so many different things. That's also
> one of
> the reasons we at Adobe enjoy working on new versions. Finding ways to
> prevent you from doing things in Photoshop really doesn't interest us!
>
> Moreover, the CDS is not Adobe technology, but was provided by the central
> banks, who would have no reason to want to restrict anything other than
> bank
> notes. Counterfeiting is really a special case in which we could see how
> our
> own technology advances were making it easier to commit crimes and we
> were asked to implement a solution that would have minimal impact on
> honest customers. Yes, there is some impact, in that you need to contact
> your
> central bank for images, but our hope is that it's not a huge
> inconvenience for
> that small group of customers who do need to reproduce these images in
> their
> graphic design work. It also provides the central banks with an
> opportunity to
> better educate customers on exactly what is and isn't legal usage.
>
> Of course, CDS in Photoshop CS is essentially a 1.0 implementation of a
> feature, analogous to the state of the layers palette in Photoshop 3.0. We
> realize that there may be room for improvement, particularly if there
> are corner
> usage cases that weren't taken into account in our current designs. We do
> want to hear about your concerns, and we definitely want to hear if
> there's a
> specific problem that this implementation has created for you. As with any
> Photoshop feature, we depend on hearing from customers so that we can
> make continual improvements release after release. "
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Keith Krebs
>
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