DMCA Prevents Photoshop Support of Nikon Camera

Will writes "PhotoshopNews.com reports that the risk of getting sued under the DMCA prevents Adobe from fully supporting the raw file format of Nikon's top professional camera Nikon D2X. The file format contains encrypted white balance information that is necessary to render the image correctly and while the encryption can and has been broken, Adobe fears getting sued under the DMCA if they decrypt the data."

LOL

[Kaa]

Dilbert is a reality show.

" -- Hmm... I know! Let's radically decrease the usefulness of our flagship camera by making it incompatible with the program that probably 90+% of professionals use!

-- Yes, great idea! And if they try to go around it, we'll sue them under DMCA!"

A brief summary.

[KILNA]

First, Adobe has a guy arrested [slashdot.org], and then tried [eff.org] under the DMCA, for having the gall to crack the PDF format, which Adobe voilated the DMCA [slashdot.org] by embedding other font vendors' information into.

Now, even though someone has broken an ineffective [planetpdf.com] encryption method, they can't use the files due to the DMCA. Maybe they'll just keep buying companies [google.com] until they have all the IP they need? :)

Re:Good Grief!

[Kaa]

Can someone in this fine, family type forum please assure me that I'm not in the Twilight Zone?

Yes, I can assure you that you are not in the Twilight Zone.

You're in a Dilbert cartoon :-)

Re:Isn't it in Nikon's best interests

[Anonymous Coward]

Here's what probably happened here:

Dear Adobe,
Please be advised that some aspects of our new RAW file format will be stored in an encrypted format. If you wish to support our new format, we are happy to license the decryption mechanism to you for $5 for every copy of Photoshop you sell or that you upgrade to allow to process our format. Please note that, under the terms of the DCMA, you are required to license our technology if you wish to support the thousands of Nikon customers in your customer base. We hope you agree that this is a small price to pay to continue to support our cameras.

Sincerely,
Nikon.

Dear Nikon,
Fuck you.

Sincerely,
Adobe.

Re:DMCA prevents Nikon from making money...

[TGK]

That's because it's three letters and tacked on to the end of a file. Everyone "knows" that the extension is a format.

The only way around that would be to name the files Image001.NotAFuckingFormatRAW

Re:DMCA prevents Nikon from making money...

[Jurph]

Most of us find it Easier to Read sentences that don't Have random Words capitalized in them. I personally Don't Give a rat's Butt, but then I'm Funny Like that.

Re:Exactly...

[Gilmoure]

Pico rules!

Re:DMCA prevents Nikon from making money...

[88NoSoup4U88]

Wouldn't the 5000 bucks you payed for the D2H be better spend on a keyboard that doesn't randomly insert caps-locked letters ?

Re:DMCA prevents Nikon from making money...

[Chris Burke]

Hello? Tech support? Does your product support NotAFuckingFormatRAW format?

Re:Agreed...

[mOdQuArK!]

They could always do the typical "Open Source" complaint: "This device not supported because manufacturer is being a butthead".