IP: more on Esther Dyson replies to RIAA, says CD copyright laws necessary

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 09:12:36 -0800
> From: Seth David Schoen <schoen@loyalty.org>
> To: farber@cis.upenn.edu
>
> David Farber writes:
>
> > >Subject: Re: FC: John Gilmore on Ukraine doing the right thing, fighting
> > >RIAA
> > >Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 15:57:02 -0800
> > >From: David Lawrence <david@online-today.com>
> > >To: "Declan McCullagh" <declan@well.com>
> > >
> > >On or about 1/3/02 7:31 AM, a certain Declan McCullagh [declan@well.com]
> > >wrote:
> > >
> > >[John Gilmore:]
> > >>Reader, in case you didn't know, every color Xerox machine and color
> > >>laser printer prints the serial number of the machine on every page
> > >>they produce, covertly hidden in the output, under a long-standing
> > >>private "arrangement" with the US Treasury Department.  I have been
> > >>unable to confirm whether this is also true of black-and-white xerox
> > >>machines.
> > >
> > >What in the HELL is he smoking? This is laughable. Are we just being
> > >goaded by someone who is a conspiracy theorist?
>
> It's interesting that people are still so skeptical about this, when
> even Xerox's published specifications for copiers often mention it.
>
> http://www.google.com/search?q=counterfeit-deterrent-marking
>
> Just to be absolutely sure, I asked Xerox directly about whether there
> are serial numbers in color copier output, and they confirmed it.
>
> http://www.loyalty.org/~schoen/xerox.txt
>
> "The Secret Service has the ability to track a particular document to the
> source equipment that has produced a suspect image. This information is
> used for criminal investigation purposes only. The Secret Service does
> not provide this information to private individuals or companies, nor do
> they allow other parties to access this information. To detail how these
> anti-counterfeiting systems work would only encourage the illegal acts
> they are designed to prevent."
>
> (They didn't say anything about color printers, only color photocopiers.)
>
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