Eurion Project

[mmarotta]

THE EURION PROJECT

 

We know that we have problems archiving modern banknotes. The central banks of thirty-one nations in conjunction with the makers of computers, software, and peripheral equipment agreed to a security protocol intended to reduce the threat of counterfeiting. Unfortunately, these barriers also prevent the legitmate work of numismatists, educators, and researchers.

 

The Eurion Project is an effort to help numismatists and other legitimate investigators.

 

The name of the project comes from the "Eurion Constellation" of zeroes found on many modern banknotes. That device itself is neither necessary nor sufficient to prevent our work, but was previously thought to do so. It is still a useful name. And it indicates the benefit of open investigation, research, and reporting, as the original summary by university professor Markus Kuhn was corrected by his colleague Steven J. Murdoch a few years later.

 

I am a numismatist. The American Numismatic Association granted me several literary awards. I serve on the Board of Directors of the Michigan State Numismatic Society. In addtion, I am a degreed criminologist (BS, summa sum laude; 2008; Eastern Michigan University). In 2004, I spoke at the ANA convention in Pittsburgh on the damage done to our hobby by counterfeiting ("Fakes, Frauds, and Phonies: Threat oir Menace?"). I have a contact at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an attorney who is helping me to frame the project within the confines of the law.

 

TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 25 > § 474(

"... The Secretary shall establish a system (pursuant to section 504) to ensure that the legitimate use of such electronic methods and retention of such reproductions by businesses, hobbyists, press and others shall not be unduly restricted."

TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 25 > § 504 Printing and filming of United States and foreign obligations and securities

(2) ... The Secretary shall establish a system to ensure that the legitimate use of such electronic methods and retention of such reproductions by businesses, hobbyists, press or others shall not be unduly restricted.

 

The Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group (CBCDG) - www.rulesforuse.org/

Eurion Constellation - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation

Dr. Steven J. Murdoch - http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~sjm217/

Michael E. Marotta - http://www.washtenawjustice.com

 

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