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[SoWhat]

Guten Tag,

seit längeren beschäftige ich mich mit Imagis Technologies. In den letzten Tagen kamen Gerüchte auf, dass sehr gute News anstehen. Den ganzen Morgen habe ich mit Recherche verbracht und glaube, dass eine News kommen wird, die mit Scottland Yard zu tun haben wird. Folgende Begründung:

News vom 26. September letzten Jahres:

Imagis Appoints Former City of London Police Commissioner As Strategic Adviser, U.K. Operations

Vancouver, Canada, September 26, 2000; (OTCBB: IGSTF; FRANKFURT: IGY; CDNX: NAB): Imagis Technologies Inc. ("IMAGIS"), a global independent software vendor of biometric solutions for the law enforcement, security and gaming sectors, announced today the appointment of Owen Kelly as strategic adviser, U.K. operations. Formerly, Mr. Kelly served as Commissioner of the City of London Police. In his new role, Mr. Kelly will expand Imagis` presence in the U.K. and Europe.

"I see a real benefit to the police in the U.K. from using Imagis` advanced law enforcement products and look forward to assisting Imagis in bringing this new technology to the market," said Owen Kelly.

During his term as Commissioner, Mr. Kelly was responsible for creating and implementing the security zone known as "The Ring of Steel" following terrorist bombings in London in 1993. The Ring of Steel is still in operation today and has been successful in detecting and preventing further vehicle borne bomb and terrorist attacks in London.

"We are in discussions with a number of U.K. law enforcement agencies and business partners and have received excellent feedback on the value Imagis` technology can offer," said Iain Drummond, President and CEO. "Owen`s expertise and local presence will be a significant asset, enabling our business partners to offer the best solutions to all levels of law enforcement and government in the months to come."

Mr. Kelly`s previous experience included Member of the Serious Fraud Office Management Group and Police Adviser to the Association of Metropolitan Authorities. These appointments led him to the development of new information management technology in complicated international fraud investigations, which brought him into close co-operation with the FBI. He later became a graduate member of the FBI National Executive Institute, of which he is still an Associate Member.

Today, Mr. Kelly is an advisory member of the Home Office Police Disciplinary Appeals tribunal and a consultant to the Ministry of Defence and British Transport Police. He has directed a number of international fraud investigations on behalf of U.S. companies.

He is the holder of the Queen`s Police Medal and is a Commander in the Order of St. John, both awarded by HM The Queen.

About Imagis Technologies Inc.

Imagis Technologies Inc. is an independent software developer of biometric solutions. Its ID-2000 biometric facial recognition software is being used by international agencies in the justice and law enforcement market. ID-2000 forms the basis of some of the world`s largest criminal justice digital imaging systems. Imagis` product suite includes the flagship criminal database application CABS, used by numerous law enforcement agencies. CABS provides an integrated view of data, arrest and booking information, evidence tracking, and images, including faces. Imagis is currently expanding into new markets such as security, e-commerce and identity verification at high traffic locations including airports and casinos. Imagis markets its products through a global network of business partners.

Forward Looking Statements

Statements made in this press release that are not historical or current facts are "forward looking statements" made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of federal securities laws. Forward looking statements represent certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those presently anticipated or projected.

Stock symbol: NAB - CDNX Exchange, IGY - Frankfurt Exchange, IGSTF - OTCBB

Investor Relations/Media Contact: Sandra Buschau, Director

Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]

email: [e-mail]

Product Sales: 1-800-667-2066

Auf der Imagis Homepage www.imagis-cascade.com ist unter Partners UK die Firma Integris aufgelistet. Quelle:http://www.imagis-cascade.com/Pages/business_partners.html

Desweiteren lebt ein Boardmember von Imagis, Mr.Robert Gordon in London. Quelle: www.freeedgar.com

Am 29.3.dieses Jahres wurde von Hardman & Company, London, eine Studie zu Imagis erstellt. Quelle:http://library.northernlight.com/IX20010409010528537.html?cb…
Die Studie liegt mir im Original vor.

Und jetzt noch dies:

Boys held for `gang robbery`
By Justin Davenport, Crime Correspondent
Two boys aged 12 were among a gang of suspected violent street robbers seized in early morning raids by police today.

The arrests came as Scotland Yard revealed it is using hidden spy cameras to target some of London`s most prolific schoolboy street robbers. It is the first time that the concealed cameras, known as "video sentries", have been deployed against muggers in the capital.

The two 12-year-olds were held at one address in Wood Green.

The boys, described by police as "subdued", were led out of the house accompanied by the mother of one of them. In total nine youths aged between 12 and 17 were arrested in today`s raids.

All the youths are suspected of being members of a gang who describe themselves as the Wood Green Mob. Police recovered posters bearing the name "WG Mob" in some of the homes. Officers also recovered suspected stolen property, including parts of mobile phones and a computer with the name of a local school on it.

The gang is believed to be behind dozens of robberies in the area around Wood Green High Road over the past six months, some of them committed at knifepoint.

The use of hidden cameras, which film "hotspots" of street crime, relies on software that uses a facial recognition software system.

Images of suspects are programmed into the software, which then searches and picks out the faces from hours of CCTV footage. It is claimed the system is able to identify suspects even if they are disguised or their faces are partly covered.

One of the 12-year-old boys arrested this morning is already on bail, charged with a violent robbery. At least four of the youths are said to have carried out muggings while on bail for previous offences.

Detective Sergeant Matt Butterworth, the officer who led the operation, said today: "We can identify who the robbers are but it is frustrating when we appear to be targeting the same people who are already on bail for the same offences."

Erschienen am 16. Mai dieses Jahres. Quelle:http://uk.news.yahoo.com/010516/27/bqavu.html

In den letzten Tagen zog das Volumen stark an:



Meiner Meinung nach bahnt sich hier grosses an und die Aktie wird bald sehr heiss gehandelt werden. Ein solcher Kontrakt ist für diese kleine Company ein Quantensprung. Alles nur Spekulation?

Any Ideas oder Meinungen?

Frohe Pfingsten

sowhat

[Mamsel]

Hi Sowhat,

ich schließe mich Deiner Vermutung an. Für Deine Theorie spricht auch die u.a. Meldung. Die "Gang Robbery News" spricht auch dafür, daß die Software zumindest in der Erprobungsphase bei Scotland Yard im Einsatz ist.

Gruß
Mamsel

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Bull to market Imagis technologies biometrics products

London, October 10, 2000 – Bull and Imagis Technologies Inc., today announced an agreement to market Imagis products through Bull UK. Imagis is a global software developer of biometric solutions and Bull is the leading European information technology company.

London, October 10, 2000 – Bull and Imagis Technologies Inc., today announced an agreement to market Imagis products through Bull UK. Imagis is a global software developer of biometric solutions and Bull is the leading European information technology company.

Bull has chosen ID-2000TM Facial Recognition technology as the basis for a number of biometric offerings to the criminal justice market. In addition, Bull will market Imagis` flagship criminal database application CABS TM, as the Bull Nominal Biometrics and Imaging solution (NBI). This will become part of Bull`s leading suite of criminal justice products.

The Bull NBI solution is an image-oriented criminal information system that will offer UK police forces new capabilities to solve crimes. In addition to NBI, the Bull suite includes Crime File, Cell File, Intellifile (all part of a comprehensive Records Management System), STORM Command and Control System (including a mobile deployment), Intelligence systems and others.

NBI is an advanced criminal information system that integrates images and data. NBI features, which provide for automatic encoding of photo files with automatic ID-2000 TM matching of the encoded images of possible suspects, have many `facial recognition` applications. It can also be coupled with Bull`s Fingerprint Image Transmission (FIT) system. FIT is well established as the acknowledged standard for identification of `suspected illegal immigrants` entering the European Union. The FIT system links the automated fingerprint recognition systems of nine European countries so far.

"Bull`s objective is to offer more comprehensive solutions to the law enforcement market and this relationship with Imagis helps us accomplish that. Both companies will expand their markets significantly," said Stephen Smith, Business Development Manager, Bull. "We look forward to working with Imagis and providing the UK law enforcement and criminal justice system with a range of efficient biometric solutions."

"This partnership gives Imagis the ability to take our solutions into a large market, quickly and in a cost-effective manner," said Iain Drummond, President and CEO, Imagis. "This relationship strengthens Imagis` growing presence in North and South America, Europe and Asia."

To find out more about Facial Recognition technology, please visit Bull and Imagis at suite number 23 at the Association of Chief Police Officers Conference at the NEC Birmingham, from 10th – 12th October.

Bull is an international IT Group that operates in more than 100 countries. In 1999, the company earned revenues of 3.8 billion Euros with over 65% outside of France, its country of origin.

Bull`s strategy is focused on the Internet and electronic business in three key domains: solutions with consulting and systems integration; infrastructure including `Internet ready` enterprise systems, Smart Cards and software for secure infrastructure management; and managed services for Intranets and e-commerce sites and marketplaces.

For further information, please contact:
[e-mail]

Source: http://www.integris.co.uk/internet/inethome.nsf/58888af229f6…

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[Mamsel]

Die Infrastruktur in Großbritannien steht scheinbar auch schon. Hier ein Zitat von Iain Drummond, dem CEO von Imagis:

...In Britain, there are over a million cameras in the streets. If you walk in London on any given day, over 300 cameras will pick you up` ...

Source: http://www.torstar.com/thestar/editorial/atbiz/20001106BUS01…


Mamsel

[Mamsel]

...andererseits spricht folgender Artikel dagegen:

FACE RECOGNITION AT EXPO - AND ON THE STREETS 11/9/00

Essex-based Dectel is demonstrating its town centre CCTV face recognition system at the Police and Security Expo 2000 - being installed in stages in the ground-breakingly comprehensive CCTV system in the London borough of Newham. Dectel`s stand at the Expo, running at the National Exhibition Centre near Birmingham from October 10 to 12, is B61. The Dectel system aims to automatically identify known criminals by comparing faces with a resident database of convicted criminals. This system, incorporating the Visionics FaceIt face recognition engine, is a partnership in Newham, Dectel and the Metropolitan Police. Face recognition was originally installed in the east London borough nearly two years ago, is being expanded over time. The system automates the process of viewing faces caught on CCTV and compares them to an image database of convicted criminals. When a match is found, the control room operator confirms that the match is accurate and then informs the police. Basildon-based Dectel operates a complete image management service for CCTV and security camera users, including image quality audits, a tape reconditioning service and tape supply. The company is also a supplier of traffic camera film to UK police forces.
At work in Newham
The June issue of Professional Security reported that facial scanning experiment on the last day of the Premiership season in May was a success. So said Bob Lack, CCTV operations manager at the London borough of Newham. The east London borough had two cameras scanning the crowd leaving a Tube station to go to the West Ham-Leeds match.

That morning Leeds police supplied a database of 35 known Leeds hooligans. In two and a half hours before kick-off one camera scanned 4,500 faces, and located 12 of the 35. A second camera scanned 1,350 faces, with five hits. Some hits may be double; Newham were still sifting through the data the week after the match. "Overall the police deemed it a success," Bob Lack told Professional Security. Newham are working with the Police Information Technology Organisation, and the Police Scientific Development Branch, appointed by the Home Office to carry out the test and to advise other local authorities. Having shown that the software can cope with 25 faces a second - more than a human being - Newham hope to integrate the facial scanning with any 10 CCTV cameras selected from the borough`s 275, to target criminals generally.

http://www.professionalsecurity.co.uk/Files/News/Product/Pro…


Die Firma Dectel benutzt leider nicht die Software von Imagis, sondern von Visionics:

The O`Rourke agreement is the second U.K. deal that Visionics has announced. Newham Borough in London has bought a system with which 300 surveillance cameras check the streets for known criminals. Visionics` software then processes the photos taken by the cameras, or video films, and matches them with photos of known criminals.

http://www.itworld.com/Sec/2054/IDG010323visionics

Mamsel

[long rider]

Laut meinen Informationen ist diese Bude so gut wie Pleite. Nachzulesen auch bei Yahoo unter Profile.
No Cash bei anhaltenden Verlusten und keine Aussichten auf ein Gewinnquartal.

Börsliche und Ausserbörsliche Konkurrenz zur Genüge vorhanden und nicht zu überschauen.
Marktkapitalisierung beträgt 10 Mill.$ - daraus können sehr schnell 5 Millionen oder gar 2 Millionen Dollar werden.

Wer hier investiert, muß wirklich Irre sein, Sorry.

long rider

P.S. Dieser Thread gehört in die OTC-BB-Abteilung, SoWhat.

[Mamsel]

Big Brother gets bigger all the time
March 14, 2001 16:18: You never know who is watching you these days. MATTHEW NIXSON and IAN LLOYD report on the rise of CCTV:


George Orwell`s 1984 may have been and gone but a huge rise in closed circuit television (CCTV) suggests Big Brother really is watching you.

The number of surveillance cameras in Britain is expected to double over the next three years to two million. The Home Office is studying a new system which employs wireless technology to beam pictures to portable monitoring devices such as laptop computers.

The system dubbed open-circuit television security system or OCTV costs up to 80 per cent less because it eliminates the need for expensive cabling. Coupled with facial recognition software, surveillance cameras are destined to play an ever-increasing role in modern life.

Even now, an individual is likely to be filmed up to 300 times a day, according to experts. And with Britain already the biggest user in the world of CCTV surveillance, civil liberties campaigners have urged caution.

Across Barnet CCTV has been on-line since early February in Golders Green and Edgware town centres and on the Grahame Park Estate. Fifteen cameras, linked to a control room in Borehamwood, were installed at a cost of £35,000 half paid for by the Government. Councillor Susette Palmer, Barnet`s community development spokeswoman, said there had been ten arrests as a result of CCTV footage. "We will be bringing forward more CCTV programmes, in liaison with the police, to tackle problems in areas with the highest rates of crime," she said.

Bids for a fourth scheme, in North Finchley, and a borough-based control centre, are currently with the Home Office. Should the Conservatives win control of the council in 2002, we can expect to see even more cameras. Their alternative budget published earlier this month included £400,000 for 14 extra units. Tories have been campaigning hard for cameras in Brunswick Park and other areas.

"Even if it doesn`t stop somebody at the time, and I think it does, you have a much greater chance of catching them," said Tory leader Victor Lyon.

"The psychological deterrent of having more cameras is likely to deter youngsters from vandalism. Where cameras are installed the incidence of crime and graffiti does go down."

Mr Lyon said monitoring would be done by responsible people like the police to stop any civil rights abuses. He added: "The film could only be used where there had been a crime that is the safeguard."

Keith Allison, joint chairman of Edgware chamber of commerce, gathered a 5,000 name petition in favour of CCTV. He said it was desperately needed to counter rising street crime.

"There have been assaults, there was a murder and knifings people felt unsafe," he said. "I`m hoping this is going to be such a deterrent that we should now start to feel a bit more at ease and relaxed."

Mr Allison believes the innocent have nothing to fear from CCTV, with only criminals being targeted. He added: "If someone is doing something wrong they deserve to be caught, civil liberties or not. The positives far outstrip the negatives."

But Roger Bingham, of civil rights organisation Liberty, says a balance must be struck between public safety and public privacy.

"CCTV has a role to play in tackling crime but it`s important that it`s only used where it`s really needed after risk assessments," he said.

"If it`s being used for crime prevention then the data shouldn`t be used for anything else." He points to the case of a London borough not Barnet that had been exposed as passing CCTV footage to a television company to be used as entertainment.

Mr Bingham added: "We are concerned that regulation needs to keep up with new technology I believe we have more cameras than any other country in the world."

A Home Office spokesman said the Government had earmarked £150million on CCTV, with £60million already spent on 350 projects across England and Wales.

"Our view is that CCTV works best as a crime reduction and deterrent when used as part of a wider strategy at local level," he explained. "It`s very much one tool in the tool box."

The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) is enthusiastic about CCTV but its spokesman denied cameras could replace police officers. "At a time when police resources have been stretched then of course it does provide an additional weapon to reduce crime," he said.

So does it work? The Association of British Insurers (ABI) published a survey on the CCTV phenomenon in autumn 1999. It said CCTV could reduce property crime but was less effective against public disorder, street robberies and assaults.

"However... increases in crime following CCTV installation may be the result of an increase in detections," it stated.

Where CCTV did have an impact on crime levels, this effect was sometimes found to fade over time. It also found that CCTV use could risk the "displacement" of crime to other locations or offences.

Overall, the ABI decided CCTV had the greatest chance of success alongside other crime reduction measures such as better street lighting. One thing is certain, we can expect to see many more cameras, silently watching our daily business. But whether this makes us safer or not may well remain to be seen.

http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/archive/2001/03/14/barnet…

[jojack]

hallo long rider
welche firma meinst du,mit bald pleite? bestimmt visionics!
mit sicherheit nicht imagis, denn wer investiert,wie zum beispiel
am dienstag bei 4 trades eine halbe million DM ,doch nur welche
die etwas mehr wissen,wie du u.ich.zumal 500000,-DM für so`ne kleine
firma,wie imagis ne menge holz ist würde bestimmt auffallen u.deßwegen
in berlin,sprich europa! in USA werden iseidergeschäfte
etwas mehr kontrollirt.

[jojack]

verfluchte hütte,sind wir denn hier im ammiland,daß fast jeder
nur texte in engl. einfügen mus? wir sind doch deutsche u. nicht jeder
ist in der engl. sprache so bewandert. bitte wenigstens in kurzfassung!

[SoWhat]

Hallo Longrider,

na seit langer Zeit mal wieder da, um nach Kursen zu sehen? Bist Du jetzt als Bear unterwegs? Um hier eine sachliche Diskussion fortzuführen bitte ich doch immer um richtige Fakten, möglichst mit Quellenangabe, da dann jeder selber entscheiden kann, ob er zu den Irren gehört, oder zu denjenigen, die in den kommenden Wochen gutes Geld verdienen werden

Zu den Fakten:
Aus Yahoo Profile

Imagis Technologies Inc. is a developer and marketer of biometric-based software applications for the law enforcement, security and gaming industries, used for the collection and storage of facial images and other identifying information. For the three months ended 3/31/01, revenues rose 81% to C$354 thousand. Net loss rose 4% to C$648 thousand. Results reflect increased sales of the Company`s software, offset by increased technology development expenses.

Ich kann da keine Pleite erkennen, somal die Gesellschaft immer noch im Aufbau ist. Sicher weisst Du, dass Startups immer einen Businessplan erstellen, der über einen Zeitraum von 5 Jahren gehen. Desweiteren möchte ich auf eine News hinweisen, die vom 3. Mai dieses jahres stammt:

IMAGIS TECHNOLOGIES INC - Completes First Closing of Private Placement
Thursday, May 3, 2001 09:17:00 AM - Market News Publishing




Vancouver, BC, May 03, 2001 (Market News Publishing via COMTEX) -- Further to
news releases of February 19 and March 22, 2001, Imagis Technologies Inc. (the
"Company") announces that it has completed the first closing of its private
placement in the amount of 973,000 units at $1.00 per unit for total proceeds of
$973,000. Each unit consists of one common share and one non-transferable share
purchase warrant, with each warrant exercisable into an additional common share
for a period of one year from closing at a price of $1.10 per share.

Canaccord Capital Corporation acted as agent in respect of 697,000 units of the
placement, and it was therefore paid $52,275 as commission and issued 69,700
broker`s warrants, having the same terms as the warrants under the placement.

Securities issued pursuant to the placement are subject to a hold period
expiring on August 26, 2001.

The proceeds of the placement are being used for general working capital.

The Company intends to close the balance of the placement by the end of May
2001.

On behalf of the Board,

"Sandra Buschau"

Quelle:http://www.wsrn.com/apps/news/art.xpl?id=2070864&f=NEWS&s=IG…


Demnach sehen Investoren in Imagis eine Möglichkeit für ein gutes Investment. Ist zwar kein so Riesenbetrag, aber für die weiteren Entwicklungen und Expansion Imagis ein grosser Schritt nach vorn. Ich weiss ja nicht, was Du so an Beträgen in ein Investment steckts Ich weiss jedenfalls, dass ich ein gutes Gefühl bei meinem Engagement habe und gehe davon aus, einen guten "Return on Investment" zu erzielen, und zwar überdurchschnittlich

Übrigens kann die Marktkapitalisierung auch schnell 15-30 Mio. erreichen

Ach noch was zu den direkten Mitbewerbern. Laut bereits erwähnter Studie von Hardman & Company gibt es nur zwei direkte Mitbewerber, die auch Börsennotiert sind. Viisage(VISG) Mark.cap. US$15 Mio. und Visionics (VSNX)Mark.cap. US$ 97 Mio. Daneben zwei Private. eTrue in USA und Neurodynamics aus UK.
Vielleicht ist auch dieser Hinweis interessant. Im letzten Jahr hat Microsoft das Biometrieunternehmen I/O Software übernommen.

So für weitere DD solltest Du vielleicht doch mal die Studie für US$ 79,92 anfordern. Holst Du vielfach wieder rein und ist dazu noch steuerlich absetzbar

Kritische Stimmen sind herzlich willkommen, denn nur so kann man die Chance/Risiken richtig abwägen. Aber bitte mit sachlichen Fakten.

Schönen Sonntag noch

sowhat

PS: OTCC BB gehört zur Nasdaq. Und das Board hier heisst doch DOW/Nasdaq. Aber im Ernst, ich hab einfach falsch geklickt. Vielleicht sind sie ja in einigen Jahren Nasdaq

[Mamsel]

Nachdem man in England mit der Videoüberwachung so erfolgreich ist, könnte die USA auf die gleiche Idee kommen, wie folgender Artikel zeigt:


2:00 a.m. Apr. 5, 2001 PDT


If Scott Fry had his way, video surveillance would be as ubiquitous in the United States as it is in Britain, where you can`t stroll down certain streets without having your movements shadowed by a dozen cameras.

Fry is the president of Pedagog USA, a wireless application service provider that recently established a beachhead in California to promote its mobile surveillance systems on this side of the big puddle.

Pedagog`s software enables video images to be transmitted over wireless networks to portable devices such as Palm Pilots or laptops for a fraction of the price of traditional closed circuit television (CCTV) systems.

The British government is so enthralled with the technology that it announced plans to increase the number of cameras in England to 2 million over the next three years, principally for law enforcement purposes.

Fry says it`s high time that Americans jumped on the surveillance bandwagon.

"They`re bloody everywhere in England," Fry said. "It`s been working over there and we feel the technology has an application here as well. We`re good at what we do and we`re going after the markets."

Like CCTV, open circuit television cameras (OCTV) track subjects remotely by tilting, panning, zooming and in some cases, using infrared and motion-detection technology. But the new surveillance systems cost 70 percent less than CCTV systems because they don`t require pricey cable installation and dedicated monitoring rooms, Fry said.

"Once it`s installed, the system costs as much as it does to make a cell phone call," he said, adding that advances in wireless technology will bolster the market. "We`re forecasting substantial growth. The faster the networks get, the faster we become and the more needed we are."

Fry suggested multiple applications for mobile video monitoring: Restaurant patrons could dial into their favorite eateries to check who`s there and how busy the joint is; transportation agencies could use it to analyze traffic bottlenecks; paramedics could use it in ambulances to beam images of trauma victims to physicians for guidance.

But Pedagog`s biggest market in the United States is probably the same as it is in England: law enforcement.

"If we can get a major law enforcement agency interested in doing a trial, we`d be set," Fry said.

In England, where the unblinking eyes of security cameras are as much a part of the landscape as Big Ben, police argue the systems are one of their best tools for controlling crime.

Although the British Home Office (U.S. equivalent of the Justice Department) surveys say that surveillance cameras are widely accepted by the general public, some analysts disagree.

Several studies by Jason Ditton, the director the Scottish Centre for Criminology and one of the few criminologists to research the effectiveness of CCTV, suggest that the cameras have neither the public support nor the crime-reducing power attributed to them.

Furthermore, Ditton`s studies reveal that camera operators routinely show bias by focusing on minorities, the homeless or young men in football jerseys.


The introduction of the cameras into British society was gradual and deliberate, said Simon Davies, president of Privacy International.

"There has been a very astute engineering exercise to introduce CCTV into all levels of society," Davies said. "It has nothing to do with crime control, it has everything to do with politics."

English authorities have used a few widely publicized cases to convince the population that the systems are necessary for their safety. Perhaps the best known -- and most horrific -- case is that of two-year-old James Bulger.

James was abducted in 1993 from a shopping center in Northern England by two 10-year-olds who led the boy to a railway yard and bludgeoned him to death. A video camera captured footage of the toddler being led away, hand-in-hand with one of his attackers. The haunting image was broadcast repeatedly on the nightly news, Davies said.

"The cameras were no assistance in stopping the crime, but the images were repeated so often that the average citizen linked cameras to stopping the murder of babies," Davies said. "They believed that if we have enough cameras and the cameras are better, next time we could have stopped this horrible crime. It`s a hysteria here."

Nevertheless, in the decade following James` death, the British government has spent an estimated $350 million installing 300,000 cameras around the country, making it the world leader in video surveillance use.

"These systems are used more and more to police public morals and public order," Davies, including "anti-social" behavior such as littering, drunkenness, evading meters and underage smoking.

Some boroughs have even linked the cameras to face recognition technology, so passersby can be automatically scanned and compared with known criminals.

The only legislation regulating images taken by the cameras is the Data Protection Act, which allows citizens to get copies of video footage taken by the police, Davies said.

One person who has taken advantage of the Act is British comedian Mark Thomas.

Thomas, a strident opponent of surveillance, has performed Irish jigs in front of the cameras, then forced the camera operators to perform the expensive task of pixelating out third parties and giving him a copy of the tape. He`s even launched a competition for the most creative film obtained under the Data Protection Act.

But efforts to fire up the citizenry about privacy violations on a large scale have failed, causing one advocacy group to throw in the towel.

"Big Brother has won, we have lost the fight for CCTV regulation, and the Campaign and this website will soon be retired," states the homepage of Watching Them, Watching Us.

Based on his company`s experience in England, Pedagog`s Fry isn`t too concerned about opposition to the technology in the United States.

"Some people think it`s an invasion of privacy, but my question is what about the civil liberties of the people being offended?" Fry said. "They have civil liberties and this equipment can protect them."

http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,42794,00.html

Es lohnt sich, übrigens den Artikel im Original zu lesen, da dort einige interessante Links eingebaut sind.

Für diejenigen, die der englischen Sprache nicht mächtig sind empfehle ich den Übersetzungsservice von Altavista http://world.altavista.com

Mamsel

[Mamsel]

Folgende Ausschreibung läßt den Schluß zu, daß nicht Scotland Yard Auftraggeber sein könnte, sondern eher das britische Home Office (U.S. equivalent of the Justice Department)

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crimprev/cctvpros.htm

Mamsel

[Need4speed]

Hi,

mir ist es egal, mit wem Imagis was macht, obwohl sich Scottland Yard gut anhört. Bin schon mächtig gespannt, wann es denn richtig losgeht.
I need speed4 my Viper. Gut´s Nächtle

[zobel]

Hallo,

sehr interessante Recherche. Angenommen sie melden keine News dazu, was kann passieren? Die Aktien scheint ja ihren Boden auf dem jetzigen Niveau gefunden zu haben. Dann hab ich woanders noch gelesen, dass sie auch mal mit der hessischen Regierung in Kontakt gewesen sein sollen. Weiss jemand was davon?
Auf jeden Fall eine interessante Aktie. Wenn man Kaufabsichten hat, sollte man noch warten bis News da sind, oder einfach auf die News spekulieren?

Danke für Antwort

Zobel

[roju]

geld verdient mann fast immer mit speku. auf gute news, oder ?

was mit den gesprächen in hessen ist würde mich auch mal interessiere!

sowhat weißt du was ?

[zobel]

Hallo Roju,

ich meinte das hier aus diesem Board hier

von Meister Glanz 08.05.00 19:09:49 900390 IMAGIS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

Habe heute Mittag mit kh Weimar ( unser FinaNzminister, Erbach, Taunus) gesprochen. Wenn (wenn) es im Landtag durchkommt, wird Imagis die Software und Betreuung übernehmen. Im Pilot in Frankfurt, Darmstadt, Wiesbaden und Kassel die Bahnhöfe, Flughäfen.
Habe leider nicht rausbekommen wieviel an Imagis fließt!
Schätze 2-3 mill. DM.

Habe heute zugeschlagen bei 2,90 , wenn das in den Zeitungen steht, sorgt dafür, dass jeder weiß welche Firma das macht!!!!!!!!!

Euer Meister Glanz

Gruss
zobel

[roju]

ich weiß was du meintest , aber in wieweit da noch verhandelt wird weiß ich nicht!

lassen wir uns mal überraschen,oder
ich werde mal nachfragen bei imagis

bis später

[SoWhat]

Guten Morgen.

@Zobel
Das mit der hessischen Landesregierung kam im letzten Jahr mal auf. Wahrscheinlich weil da auch der Etat des Ministeriums festgelegt wurde. Ich habe daran nicht geglaubt, denn Imagis hatte zu diesem Zeitpunkt genug mit dem nordamerikanischen Markt zu tun. Sie haben aber einen Partner in Deutschland, möglich das er da was angeleihert hat. Vielleicht sollte man da mal nachfragen. Mailadresse:
[e-mail] . Dies ist wahrscheinlich ein Consultant. Daneben hat wohl die Firma Rola Imagis-Produkte im Programm. www.rola.com Imagis erscheinen da allerdings nicht. Trotzdem sind die Seiten ganz interessant. Spannend was die Kripo zu alles für technische Hilfsmittel hat. Also ich glaub noch nicht an Abschlüsse in Deutschland. Vorgespräche sind natürlich möglich.

Good luck

sowhat

[SoWhat]

Guten Tag,

schaut mal auf den Kurs heute in dt.

Good luck

sowhat