Kodak accused of compressing pics to save space

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." We're not gonna take sides on this one — and, yes, the pic above is for illustrative purposes only,
and was not altered by Kodak (but it did give us a great excuse to spend a few hours futzing around with Photoshop).