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On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:17:02 +0100, Invisible wrote:
>>> Now I'm thinking... it appears to be a standard Data Matrix barcode,
>>> so if I could figure out WTF the data encoded in it is, I could print
>>> as many of them as I like, without a fee...
>>
>> Until you got caught, that is, and fined/put in jail for fraud.... ;-)
>
> Would they actually bother for 21p?
They'd probably fine you if they noticed it.
> Now, if I wrote an automated program to print these stamps and posted it
> on the Internet... *then* they might have a case. :-P
That would certainly raise your visibility, yes. But breaking the law is
breaking the law, and when one does it one has to be prepared for the
consequences. Thinking "yes, it's illegal but they won't care/will never
catch me" - well, the prisons here (and there) are filled with people who
thought that way.
Jim
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