[Leica] FW: ADOBE PhotoShop CS is playing Big Brother... [OFFTOPIC]

[Tim Atherton <tim@KairosPhoto.com>]

I wonder if this is for real or a Photoshop conspiracy theory... Photoshop
censoring your images? (apparently it only works with the newer currency -
dollars, pounds etc. Also, colour copiers have supposedly incorporated this
for some time):

>> Subject: ADOBE PhotoShop CS is playing Big Brother...
> [OFFTOPIC]
>
>
> I just learned something troubling over at Dan Marguli's
> colortheory list..
>
> Many are well aware that  PhotoShop CS for Windoze has an inbuilt
> "activation" feature that will kill CS if you change to much hardware, a
> la Windows XP.
>
> You may also remember that I noted that PhotoShop CS seemed slower than
> it should when opening files..
>
> It turns out there's a simple reason for the latter.
>
> PhotoShop CS is doing pattern recognition of some sort, and it is more
> than the DigiMarc plugin, when opening images now.
>
> Allow me to quote from a recent post on ADOBEForums.com (needless to
> say, Adobe is remaining silent on this):
>
>
> "Original post to Adobe's Photoshop forum (adobeforums.com):
>
> We received a TIFF image from a customer, of a $20 bill. The image does
>
> *not* violate any laws regarding reproduction of currency (it's not even
>
> close to actual-size, and it's not a "flat" portrayal - it's wavy, as if
>
> it's fluttering in the wind. Nor is it real-color.
>
>
> However, Photoshop CS refuses to open the image, and provides an error
>
> message regarding the (il)legality of currency reproduction and an
>
> "information" button that takes you to the web. (Photoshop 7, of course,
>
> has no such qualms).
>
>
> What the hell is this? In my book this is completely unacceptable -
>
> Photoshop is an image editor, not a censor, government policy enforcer
>
> or anything else.
>
>
> Adobe, you've got some explaining to do."
>
>
> The actual thread may be found At ADOBEForums.com, login there
> and go to the PhotoShop / Windows forum and open the thread
> entitled "No Wonder Photoshop CS Seems Slow - It's Analiyzing
> Images For Content!"
>
>
> Welcome to the BRAVE NEW WORLD!
>
> I think that people should make sure as many PhotoShop users as
> possible know about this via whatever lists and groups they are on..
>
>
> Oh, and before anyone says this is COMPLETELY OFF-TOPIC, it just so
> happens to turn out, that this even happens with greayscale images of
> currency...
>
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