First strike software have just launched the latest version of Plodshop Creative suite CS3
Developed
by Warren Terror Software Plodshop is intended as an image verification
and anti manipulation software for digital images and is to address
major security issues in the industry standard Adobe Photoshop, Picnik,
Tesco Photo ReStyle and Piccasa2

You can see the full product review by EPUK (who are press and editorial Photographers discussion group) here:

http://www.epuk.org/Blogs/739/new-epuk-software-release

Well
at least they see it for what it is

 A nude model who posses for students at a Derby collage life drawing classes, has gone on strike because the room is too cold. Air conditioning in the room still blows but provides no heat due to a fault, and this has caused Debs the model to suffer from a stiff neck and sore shoulder.

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Yahoo! 360° - Radical's blog - Nude model on strike over cold room

Here is an interesting article on why critics hate photography, further my own personal view is that it is not far off most peoples view as well. 

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Susie Linfield: The Treacherous Medium
An article by Susie Linfield from Boston Review, September/October 2006

Nikon UK has stunned pro photographers across the globe today by backing/sponsoring a rights grabbing contest "Opodo Reflections". It is hard to understand where Nikon is coming from on this issue, although the competition is aimed at the non professional photographer, it has serious consequences to the professional as rights grabbing is occurring in contracts, terms and conditions in all sectors that a pro photographer has to either except or not take on the job. The move has angered many photographers especially as Nikon was the main tool for a pro photographer.

This move is hardly going to win over lacking number of pro photographers from their stronger competitor's Canon and it may even lose some photographers to, me included!

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