Years ago when I worked for a printer, we needed to make some funny
money as a gag gift for one of the clients. We also used the imagery to
creat "gift certificates".
What I did was scan in a $100 bill and then altered it by putting the
face of the client's son in the place for the president and changed the
message to read "this is NOT legal tender" ...
This was, and I assume probably still is, a popular gag.
now sure, we can all use clipart can't we? But the one guy makes a very
valid point:
"I don't believe this," said Stephen M. Burns, president of the
Photoshop users group in San Diego. "This shocks me. Artists don't like
to be limited in what they can do with their tools. Let the U.S.
government or whoever is involved deal with this, but don't take the
powers of the government and place them into a commercial software
package."
I wouldn't use software if there's the slightest notion that anything I
do could be misinterpreted and then have a gang of Federal officers
banging at my door for no good reason.
I'm am NOT saying the counterfieting is not a problem ... but lets be
real, Adobe products are no the only means to alter images. A true crook
will ALWAYS find a way.
Cheers,
Erika
-----Original Message-----
From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 10:14 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Hidden code in Adobe prevents copying money.Microsoft said no
hidden 'features' in Windows.
Next step is to have the software automatically inform the FBI of a
person's personal registration details if someone tries to alter a scan
of a 100 dollar bill with Photoshop.
Or better yet, to inform Homeland Security if someone draws anything
resembling a bomb.
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