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On Jan 1, 2024, copyright to Disney's legendary Mickey & Minnie Mouse cartoon characters expired. They are in the public domain now.  See below for more details.  

De nombreuses publicités intempestives apparaissent brusquement sur mon écran de smartphone androïd dès que je quitte le mode avion. C'est absolument insupportable. ça me coupe en plein commentaire qui, souvent, s'efface entretemps.je ne peux envoyer les captures d'écran  : il s'agit de Phone Cleaner, Attentionan votre mémoire est pleine, Antivirus-PhoneMaster, Tik ToK et des jeux comment faire pour que ces pubs et avertissements intempestifs n'apparaissent pas brusquement, interrompant toute activité sur le portable?C'est très perturbant, pire que celles qui apparaissent sur Facebook et autres sites. ça recommence encore et encore pendant que je tape ce commentaire. Là, c'est " attention, la protection de ce téléphone est obsolète," alors que mes protections sont à jour et ça me dirige ves All Security.Je crois que je vais être obligée de remettre l'appareil à l'état d'usine, mais je vais perdre nombre de mes mots de passe et tout son contenu. C'est profondément stressa

Just saw a report about IA cyber Kidnapping. The kidnappers somehow get a sample of someone's voice then uses AI to convince a family member that that person has been kidnapped. Scary what AI can do. At Adobe MAX, several years ago, such technology was demonstrated. Most people were in awe of how true to life the generated voice was, but also very concerned about how it could be used.

The new forum needs a little bit of humor to release the tension of the changeover, so I've started part 2 of the old thread so that we don't have to keep scrollong to the end of the old thread.   If it gets too long before the "go to the latest reply" issue is resolved, I can lock this thread and link to a part 3 thread. What do you think?  

There is nothing worth a damn on Google playstore for viewing vectors 

I've been seeing posts on Facebook that show several "companies" that offer Photoshop and Illustrator for one-time fees. They also include program updates when they happen. Legit?

I love Adobe's My Creative Type Quiz. I'm trying to design a quiz using the same logic:15 Questions totalBinary answers to questions8 Different outcomes (personality types) Can someone explain how the calculation to an outcome (personality type) is made?  

Hi,I received an email supposedly from Adobe regarding an opinion survey.  Grand prize $1500 Amazon gift card.  Is this legit?  I poked around Adobe's site to see if they posted something about the survey but have found nothing.  And within the email, if you want to be certain that the email is legit, you can click on a link to verify.  THAT made me suspicious?  Anyone else receive this? Thanks,Ruth

I've been following this anti-trust case for 15 years now and am happy to finally report that a $6.2 BILLION settlement agreement has finally worked its way through the appeals courts.  This case effects all persons, businesses, and other entities who accepted any Visa-Branded Cards and/or Mastercard-Branded Cards in the United States between Jan 1, 2004 and Jan 25, 2019.  The case centered around excessive card-swipe fees charged to merchants by Visa, Mastercard and their member banks.   Here's what you should know. https://www.paymentcardsettlement.com/en        

Hi how do I restore an individual page or pages initiall saved in Saved Layouts on Blurb ?

Why Adobe, why? I WANT TO OWN MY SOFTWARE, NOT RENT. What makes you think that offering only rental software is a good idea? And yes, it is rental. From what I can see, there is no way to purchase and own the programs such as a Creative Suites. If there is no way to own, it can only be rented. So does that mean I can have my lawyer draw up a rental agreement? That way you can't "evict" me for what ever you see fit. If I join the cloud, and in 2 years can no longer afford it, I lose my programs. How do you expect to keep customers doing business like that. I was very excited for the release of CS7 after seeing all the great videos of new improvements to Premier Pro. It was a done deal, I was ready to buy. Now, I will stay with CS6 indefinitely, or until I find another editing solution. What I really don't understand is why you would do this, considering all of the FCP converts coming over. You've given them a reason to choose something else and stay away. I have praised your company for

Adobe submitted a public comment to the copyright office arguing that training generative AI on copyrighted content without persmission should be considered fair use. The comment is here: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24117931-adobeAdobe continues to promise that it does not use customer work to train its AI. But at best, making these arguments can only mean Adobe will wait until our work is posted somewhere outside of its software to steal it and generate content based on it.I would like Adobe to explain why it wants to enable tech companies to violate the rights of its customers.

In the article "Outpatient treatment with metformin reduced long COVID incidence by about 41%"Back in 2019 I went on a cruise to the Caribbean (out of Miami on the Symphony of the Seas) which MANDATED a completed (2 shot) Covid card... so I got the 2 Pfizer jabs and cruisedI have NOT taken a booster shot since then (I do get an annual Flu shot)I do 90++% of the shopping at grocery and other stores and I have NOT caught Covid (I do stay away from other people in the stores)I am also type 2 Diabetic and take Metformin daily... hmm... I wonder if Metformin is also a preventive?https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(23)00299-2/fulltext

Vehicle license plate cannot be recognized, please help

i am wondering if I should buy a pair of prescription auto change color glasses( indoor is a normal glasses, outdoor will auto changed to sunglasses).  do you have any expericne to share with me?  will that take too long to change color once i sit in my office from outside? or if my office is bright (have all the curtains up), will the glasses change the color? i don't want that bother my work, but i am so tried of carry two glasses ...please share your exprecie with me. thank you in advance.

Keep rcving these phising messages.

Saw this ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObAXimdlTOM to this link: https://www.adobe.com/uk/creativecloud.html  and wondered what the song name and artist is? Shazam cannot find it.

I was commissioned to make a design for polo shirts for a company. Now they want the native files for their own use. I'm guessing they will possibly try to use these for other prints whether it be on fabric, or on other items like their flyers or employee stuff. Is charging 3x the design fee too much or too little ? 

Make it quick ~As soon as possible ~It is my greatest wish.

My wife uses Google Chrome on a Windows 11 computer... she is an individual user and our only 'network' is a file sharing link through our Xfinity modemIn spite of being a standalone computer Chrome was showing MANAGED when she would try to delete cookies that she didn't want   I did a search and found out how to fix the problem 1 - log in using Safe Mode (which has admin level settings) 2 - start regedit 3 - delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome   Now Chrome allows her to go to chrome://settings/content/all and delete unwanted cookies

I am looking for a service provider who can create an editable pdf form for a company to generate a corporate reports? Is there such a service provider here?

In 2019 I signed up for an account and bought an Alaska Airline ticket to fly... after reading about digital boarding passes I installed the Alaska app on my Android cell phone and entered my account information... I then had to go to the app and manually enter my reservation code so the app would perform the linking process to display the boarding pass   My cell phone is off when I'm home, and 2 or 3 times a year it displays an updating message when I turn the phone on... I never pay any attention to what is being updated, I just let the update happen   A couple days ago I bought another Alaska ticket... when I turned my phone on today (going out shopping) I went to the Alaska app to enter my new reservation code... Lo and Behold... Alaska has updated their behind the scenes code and my flight has automatically been added to the cell app... progress is sometimes a good thing

Interesting article on some software to fool AI and somewhat protect artist work.   https://www.engadget.com/new-tool-lets-artists-fight-ai-image-bots-by-hiding-corrupt-data-in-plain-sight-095519848.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

A California lawsuit contends that Mars candy company is knowingly using a "known toxin" to color their fruit flavored Skittles candies.  The lawsuit further claims that Skittles are "unfit for human consumption"      The additive is titanium dioxide— the 9th most common element in the Earth's crust.  It's a metal that's typically used in paint pigments, inks, dyes, adhesives, textiles, topical sunscreens, soaps, cosmetics and other products.  Titanium dioxide or Ti02 is listed as an active ingredient in Skittles sold in the United States.  But the additive has been removed from the candy's recipe in several European nations and banned in several other countries.    In 2016, Mars Inc. promised to phase out titanium dioxide and said that artificial colors like TiO2 "pose no known risks to human health or safety."   But The European Food Safety Authority concluded there was enough research to indicate that titanium dioxide was not s