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RE: [Digital BW] Re: naming these things revived

2005-03-04 by Paul Roark

>> Call em Carbon. Why not?

>Well, in the UK we have a thing called the "Trades Description Act".
> Selling something you call carbon when it isn't might cause you problems.
> Don't customers have any protection in the States?

Yes, federal, 50 states, and hundreds of county DAs have similar laws.  I
worked in a related field, but will definitely not guarantee that what I do
will not cause problems.

Very often, if not usually, the name used does not assure that the product
is 100% that substance.  "100% Goose down" sleeping bags, etc., can have
something like 20% feathers that are not down.  "Cabernet" wine can have a
certain percent merlot in it.  The list is endless.  Few things are 100% of
anything.  

So, is a "carbon pigment print" that is predominantly carbon OK?  Beats me.
At some point there is probably too much non-carbon in there, but I don't
know where that point is.  Where that point is also is probably affected by
what the minority constituents are and how they affect performance. 

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

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