http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/10/01/copying.dollars.ap/index.html
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"Making these digital copies is getting harder, thanks to secretive anti-counterfeiting technology built into some popular consumer hardware and software products at the request of government regulators and international bankers."
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"The technology detects and blocks attempts to view, scan or print copies of the redesigned $20 and $50 bills and, in a pop-up window, urges consumers to visit a Web site, www.rulesforuse.org, to learn about international counterfeit laws."
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I hope you're as thrilled as I am. No, really, the mind boggles at the absolutely wonderful uses this will open up. And to think some people were worried about illicit or improper uses of cell phone cameras. Fuhgeddaboutit. Those rotten good for nothing sheeple won't be able even to think about bleating off key if we don't want them to.
I am not sure where the sarcasm filter comes in.
This is really just the same basic question that is asked of scientists and technologists all the time, To what degree are we responsible for the uses our gadgets are put?
I know that I would never release anything that would be illegal. The people I know and like, the same. I may bend the rules to satisfy my own curiosity, but I will wipe my results when I am done. But then, all I really care about is figuring out how stuff works.
OTOH, this is a world full of people who want to hurt me and my family. Not because of anything we have done or not done, but because of who we are and what we stand for. The patent unfairness of that attitude in a meritocratic society just boggles my mind. That doesn't make it go away or any less true.
Isn't the price of freedom constant vigilance? The flip side of my starting question is, When do laws for my protection unduly restrict my freedom? There is a judgment call involved. We may not agree on where the line is, but we agree there is a line. Thanks for pointing this out.
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