{"id":6434,"date":"2004-09-02T09:11:58","date_gmt":"2004-09-02T16:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/09\/02\/perhaps-we-can-put-kafka-on-a-stamp.html"},"modified":"2004-09-02T09:11:58","modified_gmt":"2004-09-02T16:11:58","slug":"perhaps_we_can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/09\/02\/perhaps_we_can.html","title":{"rendered":"Perhaps we can put Kafka on a stamp &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"squid_stamp.gif\" title=\"BANNED?\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/squid_stamp.gif\" width=\"180\" height=\"130\" border=\"0\" class=\"right\" \/>PhotoStamps recently announced a program where <a href=\"http:\/\/photo.stamps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">you can create your own postage stamps<\/a> with an image you upload.  Put your own face on your mail, or a drawing, or a photo of your house, or Claudia Black, or whatever.  Keen, legal, and deucedly expensive, but some folks will consider it worth it.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, being actual usable postage, there are some limitations put on imagery, which cannot be:<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">&#8230; obscene, offensive, blasphemous, pornographic, unlawful, deceptive, threatening, menacing, abusive, harmful, an invasion of privacy or publicity rights, supportive of unlawful action, defamatory, libelous, vulgar, illegal or otherwise objectionable.<\/p>\n<p>Fair enough.  While I might find some such stuff entertaining, I do ask Katherine to bring in the mail sometimes, and I&#8217;d rather not explain some folks&#8217; stamp selections to her quite yet.<\/p>\n<p>Problem is, if the image is rejected, the PhotoStamp people are <a title=\"collision detection: Would you ban this stamp?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.collisiondetection.net\/mt\/archives\/000954.html\">less than forthcoming with the specifics<\/a> as to why it was rejected.  Sometimes it&#8217;s obvious.  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