Comments on: DaNGer! DaNGer! http://tleaves.com/2006/04/19/danger-danger/ Creativity x Technology Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Doug http://tleaves.com/2006/04/19/danger-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-2720 Doug Tue, 02 May 2006 05:07:11 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=605#comment-2720 I don't know how legitimate the concern is, but Adobe has suggested that the reason that they can't do things with Raw files that the little guys can do is that Adobe has deep pockets. Most camera manufacturers encrypt at least part of their Raw file data. This is almost always a simple XOR encryption and therefore easily broken, but breaking the encryption is a violation of DMCA. The little guys might get away with it (especially ones outside of the US), but Adobe shies away. I don’t know how legitimate the concern is, but Adobe has suggested that the reason that they can’t do things with Raw files that the little guys can do is that Adobe has deep pockets.

Most camera manufacturers encrypt at least part of their Raw file data. This is almost always a simple XOR encryption and therefore easily broken, but breaking the encryption is a violation of DMCA. The little guys might get away with it (especially ones outside of the US), but Adobe shies away.

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