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An article in the Detroit News reports that some photo finishing labs, including Wal-Mart and Walgreen's, have a policy of rejecting digital images that look good enough to have been professionally produced. This is due to fear of violating copyright issues. A Wal-Mart spokeswoman says the company's policy is to err on the side of protecting possible copyrights, even if it means a conflict with a customer.

Posted June 23, 2005 06:55 AM

 

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