Monday, April 3, 2006
Kodak Accused of Compressing Pics to Save Space
Posted by Suhit Gupta in "NEWS" @ 02:00 PM
"When you upload your pics to a photo sharing site, you're usually warned in advance if the site compresses the pics, right? Well, not if you used Kodak's online gallery, according to one former employee who is suing the photo giant. According to Maya Raber, Kodak's former director of engineering, the company "irreversibly damaged" customers' pics, rather than just optimizing them as claimed. According to Raber, Kodak rationalized the practice by saying that customers "wouldn't understand, anyway." Raber says that Kodak put the squeeze on pics as part of a cost-saving plan, and that she was fired after complaining about it. Kodak insists that the charges are "completely false" and that the company hasn't "compressed images ... without our customers' knowledge.""
FYI - The above picture is NOT a sample from Kodak's site. Anyways, while Engadget won't take sides, and while I understand why Kodak wants to do this, I am going to take sides. I do believe that Kodak should have made this publicly known. In fact, read more on the original story. If we are to believe the ex-Kodak employee, this is pretty rotten of Kodak.
FYI - The above picture is NOT a sample from Kodak's site. Anyways, while Engadget won't take sides, and while I understand why Kodak wants to do this, I am going to take sides. I do believe that Kodak should have made this publicly known. In fact, read more on the original story. If we are to believe the ex-Kodak employee, this is pretty rotten of Kodak.
