IP: more on IDs on copy machines and printers?

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> To: farber@cis.upenn.edu
>
> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>
>
> > >http://www.sgrm.com/art20.htm
> > >Desktop Counterfeiting
> > >By Doug McClellan
> > >
> > >"Meanwhile, would-be counterfeiters may also find themselves stymied by
> > >security devices that appear on some of the equipment used to print 
> fakes.
> > >For more than a year Canon Corp., the leading manufacturer of color
> > >copiers and a producer of printers and scanners, has quietly incorporated
> > >two anti-counterfeiting features into its business products, says David
> > >Farr, senior vice- president and general manager of Canon USA, Inc.
>
> Dave,
>
> This discussion (in one form or another) dates back at least to 1993.
> My more recent reports on the issues involved are in the PRIVACY Forum
> Archive at:
>
>    http://www.vortex.com/privacy/priv.08.18
>
> and
>
>    http://www.vortex.com/privacy/priv.08.19
>
> They may still be of considerable interest.
>
> --Lauren--
> Lauren Weinstein
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