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Photoshop Fails At Counterfeit Prevention

Posted by timothy on from the but-the-secret-porn-filter-works-great dept.

JediDan writes "Wired reports that the 'Anti-counterfeiting provisions in the latest version of Adobe Systems' flagship product have proven little more than a speed bump, but company representatives insist that including them was the right thing to do.' Kevin Connor, Adobe's director of product management for professional digital imaging said, 'As a market leader and a good corporate citizen, this just seems like the right thing to do.' Maybe if they didn't spend R&D time and money on useless features, their products would be more affordable."

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  1. "Maybe if they didn't spend R&D time and money by log0n · · Score: 1, Troll

    Adobe is required by US law to include anti-counterfeiting measures into their software.

  2. What's more fun... by Mr.+Darl+McBride · · Score: 0, Troll
    What's more fun is that there will be false positives. Add curtained memory and Palladium crap to this, and instead of an error, Photoshop 9 will be talking to your local police about this over a secure channel that you're not allowed to tamper with.

    The feds will come a knockin' because something in Photoshop had a wide aspect ratio and lots of green detail. And just you see if they believe that you tried making an auction image for your Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles beach towel.

  3. Re:Kneejerk reactions by Uma+Thurman · · Score: 0, Troll

    Not at all. But, it does mean that all right-wingers such as yourself will be henceforth laughed at for the warmongering buffoons that they are.

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