From: whitaker@dpair.csd.sgi.com (Russell Whitaker)
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 94 12:29:19 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Bart Nagel in Mondo
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On Jun 17,  9:06am, Russell Whitaker wrote:
> Subject: Re: Bart Nagel in Mondo
> On Jun 17,  8:38am, Dave Otto wrote:
> > Subject: Bart Nagel in Mondo
> > Check out the lead article in the "Summer 94" issue of _Mondo2000_.
> > It is a spoof by Bart Nagel that starts off sounding like steganography.
> >
> > The article basically states that the photo-journalist-publisher industry
> > is proposing that all images be encoded using stego techniques to contain
> > unique identifiers that would prevent copy infringements.  The article
> > starts in a *VERY* believable fashion before trailing off into an obvious
> > spoof.  Very well done.
> >
>
> Ummm... I haven't read the article, Dave, but there *has* been talk recently
in
> some photo magazines about doing just that.  I don't have the details at
hand,
> but I was told this by Romana Machado, the author of Stego, whose product was
> mentioned recently in an industry publication.
>
> Romana (romana@apple.com) should have details; she is being copied on this
> message.
>


[following up on the above message of mine earlier....]

Romana has asked me to pass along the following:

  In this month's issue of Photo/Electric Imaging,  Stego is featured as an
  ideal product for "watermarking" digital images.  A commerical photographer
  pointed out the article to me.   This magazine is available at major camera
  stores such as Ewert's in San Jose - I haven't  dropped by to pick up my
  own copy yet. I was polite but icy to Mondo folks when they inquired about
  Stego, sent them the same info that I send everyone else, but pointed out the
  exceedingly poor research they had done for _Mondo's Guide To The New Edge_,
    and expressed a hope that my product would not be similarly treated.

[End of excerpted forward to cypherpunks by Romana Machado (romana@apple.com)]


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