File talk:US10dollarbill-Series 2004A.jpg
Latest comment: 15 years ago by IBstupid in topic Removal of image
Removal of image edit
This image of a $10 U.S. Bill needs to be removed and replaced with one that is of smaller size and contains the words SAMPLE and/or SPECIMEN because as of right now this image violates U.S. Federal law because it can be reproduced and possible used for illict purposes because of it's high quality. Simon Bar Sinister (talk) 20:16, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
- No it doesn't because these images don't have the watermark, which all sensible businesspeople would check for, to make it look like an official bill. Armyrifle (talk) 22:40, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
- If you read the license below the picture you would have seen this:
- "Important 3/4 & 1-1/2 U.S. Secret Service money illustration rules: As listed by the United States Secret Service at money illustrations, the Counterfeit Detection Act of 1992, Public Law 102-550, in Section 411 of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations (31 CFR 411), permits color illustrations of U.S. currency provided: The illustration is of a size less than three-fourths or more than one and one-half, in linear dimension, of each part of the item illustrated; The illustration is one-sided; and All negatives, plates, positives, digitized storage medium, graphic files, magnetic medium, optical storage devices, and any other thing used in the making of the illustration that contain an image of the illustration or any part thereof are destroyed and/or deleted or erased after their final use."
- The image is clearly more than 1.5 times the size of the physical $10 bill. However, I will say that since this is a digital image which can easily be scaled down, you should have an image (like almost all currency images on Wikipedia) which is less than 3/4ths the size of the actual bill. Putting a label such as "sample" or "specimen" isn't a requirement, but it is definitely beneficial to prohibit counterfeiting. Sure there are watermarks, but when going to stores hardly anyone would check for one...this is $10, not $50 or $100.IBstupid (talk) 19:49, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
