New push for Fed Govt to regulate Photoshopped images

[Brian4Liberty]

It appears there is a push going on right now to pass a law that will require the Federal government to monitor, regulate, label and criminalize use of Photoshop. The Nanny-statists know no bounds. Every whim needs to be addressed by a bloated, omnipresent Federal government.

A new music video is being used as the catalyst for a new propaganda campaign. Maybe the make-up companies will lobby to ban videos like this?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXoZLPSw8U8


WASHINGTON —

A new bill gaining momentum in Washington could force advertisers to acknowledge the extensive 'Photoshopping’ of images in ads, a sentiment echoed in a new music video by songwriter Colbie Caillat.

The video for the song “Try” calls attention to how much models and celebrities are Photoshopped for ads.

Posted on YouTube 11 days ago, the video already has approaching 14 million views.
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The 'Truth in Advertising Act' would give the Federal Trade Commission the power to regulate Photoshopping.
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If the bill passes, research and recommendations from the FTC would be expected in the next 18 months.
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More:
http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/national-govt-politics/new-bill-could-force-advertisers-acknowledge-use-p/ngjRz/

Note that the video does not address Photoshop at all. So, we have a false news story to lobby against false images? How ironic.


Should the Government Regulate Photoshopping in Ads? Two Congresswomen Say Yes.

On March 27, two congresswomen introduced the Truth in Advertising Act of 2014, a bill that would restrict the commercial media’s use of Photoshop. The measure would require the Federal Trade Commission to investigate digital retouching in ads with an eye toward curtailing it. Supporters—lobbyists from the Eating Disorders Coalition in particular—say what you’d expect: that computer-enhanced images hurt people by sustaining unrealistic beauty ideals, that young girls are especially vulnerable.
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More:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/04/18/photoshop_bill_congresswomen_introduce_a_measure_t o_curtail_digitally_enhanced.html


H.R.4341 - Truth in Advertising Act of 2014113th Congress (2013-2014)

Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?450257-Neoconservatives-The-List), Ileana [R-FL-27]

Cosponsors
Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24]
Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21]

http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4341/cosponsors

[heavenlyboy34]

Where were these folks when airbrushing was invented? FFS.

[Brian4Liberty]

AMERICAN singer Colbie Caillat has made an anti-airbrushing stand in her new video.

Grammy winner Caillat, whose hits include Bubbly and Fallin’ For You, uses the video for Try to highlight the artificial effects of digital airbrushing and make-up.

Caillat and an array of women are stripped back to their natural hair, eyelashes and faces by the end of the song.

At the 1.25 minute mark Caillat’s face is shown with all digital retouching removed — a trick used in an array of Hollywood movies to cover blemishes.
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More:
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/singer-colbie-caillat-takes-stand-against-airbrushing-and-photoshop-in-video-for-new-single-try/story-fnk854fn-1226988278345

So apparently there is a spot in the video where digital video retouching is "removed". Most of the video is about cosmetics, but there is that one quick demonstration. Is Photoshop used to do digital editing in film?

[Zippyjuan]

Most Ansel Adams photography prints involved lots of manipulation in the darkroom after the image was taken. Photoshop is the modern darkroom. But it is a much more powerful tool.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjoHpxTjLJk

[heavenlyboy34]

Most Ansel Adams photography prints involved lots of manipulation in the darkroom after the image was taken. Photoshop is the modern darkroom. But it is a much more powerful tool.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjoHpxTjLJk

One really develops an appreciation for Adams' work when one tries darkroom technique. I did a semester of that. Incredibly difficult, but a neat (and expensive) hobby. :)

[Anti Federalist]

Not a good day in AmeriKa if you are not banning something...

[Brian4Liberty]

Not a good day in AmeriKa if you are not banning something...

Wait until Hitlary is President. The Marxist-socialist history repeats itself. Soviet Amerika.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CaMUfxVJVQ

[CPUd]

http://i.imgur.com/XrXv5zs.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/721h56U.jpg

[coastie]

So, what about Illustrator? After Effects? Flash? Speed Grade? Audition? Premier Pro? DreamWeaver? Encore? InDesign?

I'm running out the door to work, but this makes me wonder what Adobe has done to piss someone off up high?

[heavenlyboy34]

So, what about Illustrator? After Effects? Flash? Speed Grade? Audition? Premier Pro? DreamWeaver? Encore? InDesign?

I'm running out the door to work, but this makes me wonder what Adobe has done to piss someone off up high?

I am love Illustrator. :D Switching between that and the other CS programs allows one to do awesome shit. :cool: I'll have to upgrade one day. I still use CS3.

[coastie]

I am love Illustrator. :D Switching between that and the other CS programs allows one to do awesome shit. :cool: I'll have to upgrade one day. I still use CS3.

I'm rocking the CS6 Master Collection.:cool:

[Carson]

http://photos.imageevent.com/stokeybob/evenmorestuff/temporary-fat-reduction.gif

[presence]

I'm feeling evil...

[]

NSFW [mod edit]

photoshop contest anyone...

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That was uncalled for. Some things cannot be unseen. Good Jesus! Post a warning.

[Zippyjuan]

So, what about Illustrator? After Effects? Flash? Speed Grade? Audition? Premier Pro? DreamWeaver? Encore? InDesign?

I'm running out the door to work, but this makes me wonder what Adobe has done to piss someone off up high?

"Photoshop" in this case being a generic term referring to highly edited magazine covers and advertisements. Not just to Adobe's product.

[56ktarget]

There is not a chance this will pass committee, let alone the house. More fearmongering over nothing.

[Brian4Liberty]

There is not a chance this will pass committee, let alone the house. More fearmongering over nothing.

Yeah, it was never even proposed. Totally a conspiracy theory. It's a good thing that HR 4341 doesn't exist.

[Zippyjuan]

Introduced: Mar 27, 2014
Status: Referred to Committee on Mar 27, 2014
Prognosis: 1% chance of being enacted

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr4341

[Constitutional Paulicy]

There is not a chance this will pass committee, let alone the house. More fearmongering over nothing.

Pissing in the wind again? It appears you enjoy urinating on yourself.

[CPUd]

Didn't they pass something like this in the UK?

[Zippyjuan]

Didn't they pass something like this in the UK?

If it is considered to be "misleading".

http://www.lawschoolblog.org/photoshop-fraud-is-excessive-digital-photo-alteration-of-commercial-photos-deceptive-advertising/


1. The United Kingdom

The UK has already banned advertisements for being overly altered and misleading.[xiii] The UK regulates advertisements through the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), an independent regulator of advertising across all media.[xiv] Their mission is to “ensure that advertising in all media is legal, decent, honest and truthful, to the benefit of consumers, business and society.”[xv]

The ASA is also associated with the Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP), which is responsible for writing and maintaining the UK Advertising Codes, which are then administered by the ASA.[xvi] The CAP has developed a code that must be followed by all advertisers, agencies and media.[xvii] Section 3 of the CAP code deals with “Misleading Advertising,” with Sections 3.1 and 3.11 being the most relevant.[xviii] Section 3.1 states that, “Marketing communications must not materially mislead or be likely to do so.”[xix] Further, Section 3.11 states, “Marketing communications must not mislead consumers by exaggerating the capability or performance of a product.”[xx]

In 2012 in an application of Sections 3.1 and 3.11 of the code, the ASA banned an advertisement for L’Oréal.[xxi] The advertisement was for L’Oréal’s “Revitalift Repair 10” and starred actress Rachel Weisz.[xxii] In its ruling, the ASA stated that the advertisement, “Misleadingly exaggerated the antiwrinkle cream’s performance in relation to its claims for smoother and more even-looking skin.”[xxiii] The ASA conceded that consumers surely do not expect photos in advertisements, especially those for beauty products, to be completely un-retouched, but they ruled that L’Oréal’s retouching went too far and that the advertisement in its form at the time must not appear again.[xxiv]

[Brian4Liberty]

If it is considered to be "misleading".

http://www.lawschoolblog.org/photoshop-fraud-is-excessive-digital-photo-alteration-of-commercial-photos-deceptive-advertising/

Nothing to worry about. I feel better already.

[presence]

We don't need a new federal law, or new government agency to deal with this. If some individual has been victimized by misleading products let them sue and justify damages in a court of law. We don't need statutory limitations placed on photoshopping, nanny government deciding how much is too much before there is even a complaint... nor do we need the foreseen swat team raids on retouching artists.

[Matt Collins]

Most Ansel Adams photography prints involved lots of manipulation in the darkroom after the image was taken. Photoshop is the modern darkroom. But it is a much more powerful tool.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjoHpxTjLJk


If only they could do this in real life....

[surf]

I watched that entire Colby video (naively waiting for a anti-photo shopping ad) and all I can say is I want that 3:51 part of my life back