Keep on Tranglin,
Anthony
Edit: I've deleted the scan because I'm afraid Mao will rise from the dead and smite me. Brutal communist dictators can rise from the dead, right?
I Like Chinese; Reloaded
China seems to be affecting my life a lot lately. First my friend Dane gave me that last minute invite to Beijing, then my friend Cristine left for a semester in Shanghai. Now China's President Hu Jintao is in Canada to sign a trade accord. I'll leave the human rights discussion for Adria, and the economic one for Ubie, for now I just thought I'd show off the neato cash I bought from Dane for $2. He gave me a fairly close approximation of the exchange rate, or so he says. I've got one of the 10's and two of the 1's. I'm sure I've broken some law by scanning the currency, but so long as I don't get extradited to China I think I'll be fine.
Keep on Tranglin,
Anthony
Edit: I've deleted the scan because I'm afraid Mao will rise from the dead and smite me. Brutal communist dictators can rise from the dead, right?
Keep on Tranglin,
Anthony
Edit: I've deleted the scan because I'm afraid Mao will rise from the dead and smite me. Brutal communist dictators can rise from the dead, right?
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Yea I heard on NPR about how the President was in town giving Canada flack for talking to Taiwan...Crazyness...
but if you got extradited to China you'll finally get that holiday you wanted.
In the early 1980's, the band Red Rockers recorded a song called "China."
And David Bowie recorded "China Girl."
And in the 1950's somebody sang, "I want to take you... on a slow boat to China."
That's all the Chinese musical references I can remember right now.
what about China Road?
Also - you have violated several federal laws by scanning that money. In the States anyway (Title 12 of the US Code)
Does that law protect foreign currencies as well as American?
China Grove isn't actually about China; "blah blah Lone Star State, people don't seem to care...
They just keep on lookin' to the east...dungdung chicka chicka dung dung chicka chicka dung dung dung
China Grove Whoa Whoa China Grove"
I like the dungs and the chikas.
It does. but as I said it's a US law.
This is very politically incorrect. Thank you Anthony.
Umm... you're welcome?
Oh and I did about 10 minutes of research and while I didn't find any Canadian laws about copying foreign currency, but I did find that at least when it comes to Canadian bank notes, single sided reproductions are not prohibited. I wouldn't imagine Canada provides greater protection to other nation's currency than it's own, so I think I'm ok.
If anyone has better legal advice I'd be happy to hear it.
"I sailed away to China, in a little rowboat to find ya"
ain't nothin gonna break MY stride. nobody's gonna slow ME down, oh no. I gotta keep on movin'
Let me drop some Copyright/Counterfeit science on your skinny ass.
Don't know where that came from... moving on.
We are allowed to copy paper money, but ONLY in black & white and ONLY if it is reduced to 75% (or less) of the original size or enlarged to 150% (or more) of the original size. Double sided copies are completely out of bounds, also. Coins are a different story, as modern copy machines do not reproduce metallics you can copy them in color and at 100% of their original size. I do not claim to be an expert on Copyright Law and Counterfeiting Laws but I have had to take many classes on the subject, so one could say that I've done my due diligence.
By the by, professionally taken photographs, any governmental ID (Passport, Drivers License, Green Card, Visa, etc.) Can NOT be copied in color, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Let me rephrase, Professionally taken photos can not be reproduced in color or black & white, without the studio/photgraphers written permission.
I was never afraid of the Bank of China suing my for copyright infringement, the concern was some sort of international money laundering business I might get caught up in. Alas, I may just destroy the evidence and replace it with a photo of me holding the bills rather than a scan.
Wuss.
I like this picture much better. Or I would if I could see past the racehorse.
I agree it is a much nicer image.
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