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On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 12:06:46 -0700, Big Bill wrote:
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 01:16:49 GMT, wrote: On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 19:51:08 +0200, Timo Autiokari wrote: John McWilliams wrote: Are these HP carts subject to date expiry? Mot probably yes. I fell to this HP deadfall completely. I bought the HP Officejet d155xi network device (all in one type, it was well over 1000 euros) about two years ago and honestly this is the most evil-minded product marketing technique I have never seen. There's one more evil-minded -- the Lexmark products. When a third party managed to clone their chip to allow refilling their toner cartridges, they used some cheap-ass form of encryption on the chip. This allowed Lexmark to go to court and use the DMCA as a hammer to prevent the third party vendor from using the chips to allow refills. And a preliminary injunction against the upstart ink cartridge company was overturned; the message seems to be that Lexmark's action was a perversion of the copyright laws. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/te...ark-dmca_x.htm They remain evil-minded for having tried it in the first place. And they're appealing. They're intransigent SOBs and that's all they are. |
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