"There are a growing number of stories of amateur photographers being turned away by photofinishers for having photos that looked, at least in the eyes of a store clerk, too good to have been taken by anyone other than a professional.
Their photos have become collateral damage in the war on digital copyright infringement."
~Amateurs rool!! (This never happened to me.)
There's a genre of urban legends, a folklore classification for stories about retail photo-labs. This is an example of a true G-rated one that will spawn thousands of less-true, more fantastic variations.
People are anxious about the Patriot Act and the new powers of surveillance given to law enforcement and WalMart clerks
Isn't it interesting how copywrite infringement gets mixed in with surveillance and privacy concerns. (Or is just me?)
Individuals should be allowed to copywrite themselves.