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So, I’m sure this has blown up on here but this is my first time on the forums and I wanted to raise an issue regarding the bank note protection.
According to Adobe when I try to edit a SPECIMEN image I’m being told that Adobe does not support the UNAUTHORIZED processing of banknote images then refers me nicely to a website which explains allowed uses of banknote images and prints.
So, quoting from the site for the United States of America:
I am allowed to edit/print etc this image provided that:
1) the illustration is of a size less than three-fourths or more than one and one-half, in linear dimension, of each part of the item illustrated;
The size is arbitrary, I have not printed it so it cannot be considered 1:1, I doubt I could fool someone at the Quickee mart to take my monitor instead of a $20.
2) the illustration is one-sided; and
Yes, the illustration was a single sided image, no image of the back was in the image.
3) all negatives, plates, positives, digitized storage medium, graphic files, magnetic medium, optical storage devices, and any other thing used in the making of the illustration that contain an image of the illustration or any part thereof are destroyed and/or deleted or erased after their final use.
Well, since I cannot edit the image with Photoshop, and cannot complete the work on the image that I wanted to complete and thus have not reached the final use stage, I cannot delete the image and it’ll have to remain on my system forever until Adobe corrects this problem.
So, Adobe, why are you unfairly restricting my LEGAL usage of your product without notifying your users in the documentation, on the box or other means? There are fair and legal uses for scanning in currency and your blocking the usage of these images is a supression of freedom of speech.
According to Adobe when I try to edit a SPECIMEN image I’m being told that Adobe does not support the UNAUTHORIZED processing of banknote images then refers me nicely to a website which explains allowed uses of banknote images and prints.
So, quoting from the site for the United States of America:
I am allowed to edit/print etc this image provided that:
1) the illustration is of a size less than three-fourths or more than one and one-half, in linear dimension, of each part of the item illustrated;
The size is arbitrary, I have not printed it so it cannot be considered 1:1, I doubt I could fool someone at the Quickee mart to take my monitor instead of a $20.
2) the illustration is one-sided; and
Yes, the illustration was a single sided image, no image of the back was in the image.
3) all negatives, plates, positives, digitized storage medium, graphic files, magnetic medium, optical storage devices, and any other thing used in the making of the illustration that contain an image of the illustration or any part thereof are destroyed and/or deleted or erased after their final use.
Well, since I cannot edit the image with Photoshop, and cannot complete the work on the image that I wanted to complete and thus have not reached the final use stage, I cannot delete the image and it’ll have to remain on my system forever until Adobe corrects this problem.
So, Adobe, why are you unfairly restricting my LEGAL usage of your product without notifying your users in the documentation, on the box or other means? There are fair and legal uses for scanning in currency and your blocking the usage of these images is a supression of freedom of speech.
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