From: whitaker@dpair.csd.sgi.com (Russell Whitaker)
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 94 09:08:25 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Bart Nagel in Mondo
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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.

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