Photoshop Censorship

[Waccoon]

Maybe if American bills weren't so damn easy to copy, stuff like this wouldn't be a problem.  It amazes me to see money from all of the poor countries of the world that look like tapestries... and in THIS arrogant coutry, we have the plain, old, ugly greenback.  If a bill is worth $20, shouldn't it cost more than a few cents to print?

Also, according to the Inquiror, the technology was commisioned by the CBCDG.  Give Adobe money to keep people from scanning money.  That makes sense.

Oh, come on. Who cares about money censorship anyway, its the porn that matters. When that happens

If that happens, go furry.  That'll solve the problem.  ;-)

[Ilwrath]

I saw them demo this on TchTV's "The Screen Savers" Friday show. Photoshop CS would not scan a US $20 bill. They said other currencies as well, but didn't show this. Nothing was said about opening scans made by other means...  

Yeah... This would be consistant with the modern scanners being able to recognize moire patterns.  I imagine that the detection is happening in the TWAIN driver, and then being passed on as a restricted image, which Photoshop CS refuses to touch.  Photoshop 6 and 7 both respected the "Copyrighted" image flag, as well, so it doesn't seem much of a stretch that they'd handle a restricted flag.

So keep your old software

At least keep the knowledge of how to scan things directly into an image, without using a standardized TWAIN driver.  ;-)

[cecilia]

Maybe if American bills weren't so damn easy to copy,

i guess you haven't seen the new 20 dollar bills?

you can't copy the Security Thread, or the new ink (in certain areas) which, as you move the bill around, changes color slightly. check out more here:

http://www.moneyfactory.com/cd042500/security.html

[JimS]

Maybe if American bills weren't so damn easy to copy, stuff like this wouldn't be a problem. It amazes me to see money from all of the poor countries of the world that look like tapestries... and in THIS arrogant coutry, we have the plain, old, ugly greenback

Well, the US banknotes are considered 'classics' and as such represent stabilty & such...  Personally, I think much of the foreign currency I've seen looks like Monopoly money. A bit garish for my tastes. :-) But to each his own... and I'll spend it regardless of what it looks like, :-)

[JimS]

Here's a bit more from Wired...

http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,61890,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2