Am I wrong or would such software only detect such changes in the original altered image file and not the unlimited number of copies that could be made?
If you, say, paste a turgid phallus into Bob Dole's hand to replace his famous pencil, you'll (stretch, shade, twist, or otherwise change) a lot of pixels, but if you take a screen shot of said altered image then paste it into your image editor as a new image, wouldn't it have an entirely fresh and consistent pixel 'construction'?
The article mentions that they use the internet for most of their cabinet meetings. After obvious recent events, the US Gov't should do the same.
Not just cabinet meetings, but all congressional activity. We've got the technology to do so, and if Govnet ever becomes a reality, such a thing should definitely be explored. Why, you ask? What would happen if Washington DC where anihilated by [insert terrorist activity here] during a legislative session? No more senators or representatives, presidents, or the many organizations vital to the operation of our country that are headquartered in DC.
What would our country do with no Federal leaders to turn to? So the Vice President is holed up in a cave somewhere. Now we have one leader overseeing everything! Use your imagination - the panic, the anarchy.
I definitely see your point - and I've taken that into consideration. My main idea was not that they might try to go after Gnutella, etc (client-based) or that they will go after other server-based programs, but rather where will they draw the line as to what DOES constitute a program that encourages or even provides access to copyrighted material (aol's mail handling system, irc, etc).
Or might they even go so far as to try and make the possession of such client-based programs (gnutella, freenet) against the law? Surely they couldnt...
Obviously the RIAA seems focused on going after Napster. It's reasonable to beleive that once they stomp Napster into the ground (and they will), that they'll go after the next most popular file sharing program (imesh, gnutella). While some of these are more difficult to control than others - they'll give it a shot.
Regardless - my point is what will it be next? Are they going to can IRC and AOL as well? They each make file sharing extremely simple... With AOL you can forward around an attachment without even downloading it forever - and they're the net's largest ISP.
Is it simply that they go after the people who make it easiest?
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Am I wrong or would such software only detect such changes in the original altered image file and not the unlimited number of copies that could be made?
If you, say, paste a turgid phallus into Bob Dole's hand to replace his famous pencil, you'll (stretch, shade, twist, or otherwise change) a lot of pixels, but if you take a screen shot of said altered image then paste it into your image editor as a new image, wouldn't it have an entirely fresh and consistent pixel 'construction'?
The article mentions that they use the internet for most of their cabinet meetings. After obvious recent events, the US Gov't should do the same.
Not just cabinet meetings, but all congressional activity. We've got the technology to do so, and if Govnet ever becomes a reality, such a thing should definitely be explored. Why, you ask? What would happen if Washington DC where anihilated by [insert terrorist activity here] during a legislative session? No more senators or representatives, presidents, or the many organizations vital to the operation of our country that are headquartered in DC.
What would our country do with no Federal leaders to turn to? So the Vice President is holed up in a cave somewhere. Now we have one leader overseeing everything! Use your imagination - the panic, the anarchy.
Talk about a total dismantling of our society.
I definitely see your point - and I've taken that into consideration. My main idea was not that they might try to go after Gnutella, etc (client-based) or that they will go after other server-based programs, but rather where will they draw the line as to what DOES constitute a program that encourages or even provides access to copyrighted material (aol's mail handling system, irc, etc).
Or might they even go so far as to try and make the possession of such client-based programs (gnutella, freenet) against the law? Surely they couldnt...
Obviously the RIAA seems focused on going after Napster. It's reasonable to beleive that once they stomp Napster into the ground (and they will), that they'll go after the next most popular file sharing program (imesh, gnutella). While some of these are more difficult to control than others - they'll give it a shot.
Regardless - my point is what will it be next? Are they going to can IRC and AOL as well? They each make file sharing extremely simple... With AOL you can forward around an attachment without even downloading it forever - and they're the net's largest ISP.
Is it simply that they go after the people who make it easiest?