[plug] email with copyright protection? Maybe a bit [OT]?

[Timothy White]

rpowersau at gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've just had an odd experience. Unfortunately it was with a customer
> who is not happy about it.
> 
> I sent this person a jpeg file. She claims she received it, can see a
> thumbnail view of it, but can't open it or save it. She says she gets
> warnings about copyright violation when she tries.
> 
> Is this some new windoze thing? Could it be done at the isp end (she
> has a uwa student account)?
> 
> I've sent it to other machines on my lan (imac, linux, win98) and had
> no problem opening and viewing.
> 
> Anybody know how this could be done or how it could be avoided?

It could be the client doing it. Or your jpeg may have a EXIF copyright 
flag set and the client is detecting that.

What email client is she using? Can you get her to take a screenshot of 
the error message for more details?
Tim
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