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Thank you all so much. When he asked me I said pretty much the same thing that you have all said, no, it can have bitmaps in it but it is not a bitmap. But then as sometimes happens he kept asking me questions and I started to doubt my own answer. Thanks to you all! Sincerely, Sabrina Coshow PrePress Manager BookSurge, LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clay Fowler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 12:35 PM Subject: RE: [PDF] Is a PDF a bitmap > > The PDF list is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com > __________________________________________________________________ > > That is not necessarily an easy question to answer, especially if a > legal issue about copyright is involved. > > A PDF is not, on face value, a bitmap. However, a PDF may CONTAIN a > bitmap. If one saves a legally protected bitmap as a PDF file, they > haven't actually changed the bitmap into another form. They have simply > stored the bitmap in a PDF "container". I'm not a legal expert, someone > else should be able to give you a more definite answer, but I would > surmise that a file that was legally protected as a bitmap would still > be legally protected if saved as a PDF, even with subsampling... > > Anyone else? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sabrina Coshow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 10:42 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PDF] Is a PDF a bitmap > > > The PDF list is a service provided by PDFzone.com | > http://www.pdfzone.com > __________________________________________________________________ > > I am going to ask a question that will probably get me in a lot of > trouble > with you guys but here it goes. > > My boss asked me "Is a PDF a bitmap file?" > > I know that this is probably not a good question because I have not > given > any additional information. Unfortunately I do not have additional > information. The reason for the question has something to do with a > legal > issue. My initial answer was no, since a PDF can contain editable text > but > I just am not sure. If anyone could offer any help I would certainly > appreciate it. > > Sincerely, > Sabrina Coshow > PrePress Manager > BookSurge, LLC > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html > > > > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html > To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html
