Kodak Story - I hope she gets everything she sued for.

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Keysplayr

Keysplayr

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Yeah!!!!! Stick it to the man who sticks it unto others. I hope she gets a truckload of money. More than it would have cost Kodak to store these images in full uncompressed form.

 
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ProviaFan

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If it's really crappy compression like internet "accelerator" programs use, then by all means, if they were calling it "optimization," they need to be put in check for false advertising. The story is lacking in technical detail, though, so it's hard to make any judgements with only that information. After all, I don't think Kodak makes (m)any cameras today that can store images in a raw, uncompressed format - everything is written with JPEG compression, and in the past, JPEG compression has not been an issue in the cheap consumer cameras like those that Kodak makes.
 
Zstream

Zstream

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Originally posted by: Golgatha
http://www.forbes.com/infoimaging/2006/...asyshare-lawsuit_cx_dal_0331kodak.html

This story is about compressing pictures without your consent, so I figured it belonged in this forum. If the mods disagree, please feel free to move it.
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"compressing uploaded photographs and would lead "customers to believe their photos were being optimized, when in fact they were being irreversibly damaged," according to the legal complaint filed in Alameda County, Calif., yesterday. More than 1 billion photos are stored on the EasyShare site."


"IN NO EVENT WILL KODAK BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR OTHER INDIRECT DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF (I) THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, THE SERVICE, OR THE CONTENT, (II) ANY TRANSACTION CONDUCTED THROUGH OR FACILITATED BY THE SITE; (III) ANY CLAIM ATTRIBUTABLE TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR OTHER INACCURACIES IN THE SITE, THE SERVICE AND/OR THE CONTENT, (IV) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA, OR (V) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SITE, THE SERVICE, OR THE CONTENT, EVEN IF KODAK HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SITE, THE SERVICE, THE CONTENT, OR WITH THE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE. " This disclaimer is also on all photo's etc...


Second this does not belong in the video section
 
videopho

videopho

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OP- You may also post this @ OFF TOPICS where it will draw mega audiences, guaranteed.
 
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Madwand1

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Completely unethical; I hope the employee doesn't have to pay a price for this customer advocation. Regardless of what the fine print says (even if my reading of it is incorrect) a company offering a storage service doesn't have the right to willfully damage the items being stored without explicit consent. If they had gone through with this plan, I think the class-action lawyers would have had a field day. Sad that in this day of signficantly decreasing hardware costs that the idea Kodak came up with was screwing the customer.
 
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