From: lefty@apple.com (Lefty)
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 93 17:13:10 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Regarding serializing photo copies.....
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Sean Swift suggests:
> 
>Why do they not just watermark every sheet of paper in a specific way that
>identifies it with which lot, from which manufacturer that it came from?

First off, who are "they"?

Second, how are "they" going to make people buy paper _with_ watermarks
that's twice as expensive?

Third, how will "they" keep paper manufacturers from producing cheaper
paper without watermarks to satisfy demand?

>Might as well take paranoia to an extreme.....

Taking _something_ to an extreme, anyway.


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