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Anti-Competitive Behavior in the Printer Industry?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the next-you'll-tell-me-blades-are-overpriced dept.

Greyfox writes: "Here is an interesting story about the printer industry versus ink-cartridge refillers. Anyone who's bought a low-cost inkjet knows that you can spend over half the cost of the printer on ink. So it was only natural that an industry would spring up around refilling the cartridges. Well the printer industry has apparently been fighting back, trying to protect their market share. As with all good stories, legislation is being considered. Worth a read." Sort of like spyware -- it's a back-and-forth battle.

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  1. Can you print... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Pirst Fost! with that printer? If not, then mods on crack!

  2. Printer manufacturers corrupt? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That's UNPOSSIBLE!

  3. My back fucking hurts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Every time I sneeze I get these bolts of pain shooting up my spine and spreading all over my shoulders and left arm.

    What the FUCK is going on?!?!

    1. Re:My back fucking hurts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      You are being attacked by CIA Mind Control satellites and/or aliens. They are causing the sneezing too. You need protection.

      Your painful, bleeding rectum is your own damn fault though.

    2. Re:My back fucking hurts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      Whoa! Thanks!

      I never knew the CIA could be this diabolical! I wonder if "Jay Kats" is Jon Katz' alias... could I be his fellow CIA mind torture subject?!

      Your painful, bleeding rectum is your own damn fault though.

      No! It's the anal probe the goverment put up my ass during my hemorrhoid surgery!

    3. Re:My back fucking hurts by gakido · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You fools! Everyone knows Major League Baseball operates the mind control sattelites. The CIA just does contract/maintenance work for MLB.

  4. First What's Happening Post by Dwaynewayne · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Rerun was my sex god.

  5. Re:more precisely... by EnderWiggnz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    unless you're at a school that cares about how much you print off their printers.

    PSU ... allowed you to print 40 sheets/semester on their dime.

    what really galled me was that they still had the nerve to charge you a computer fee, and then limit everything you did.

    --
    ... hi bingo ...
  6. WARNING! TROLL! TROLL! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Goatse thought. Mod parent up.

  7. lexmark spyware by loneoak · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    it seems the newest lexmark inkjets will call home about their status - anyone have details on this?

  8. MOD THIS GUY UP! by fmaxwell · · Score: 4, Offtopic

    Yeah, he's testy, but he's right. I, too, am sick of the Libertarian bullshit of telling me to start a company every time that I voice a complaint about a product or service.

    I'm sick of hearing about how the "free market" will fix everything. The only thing that the free market will guarantee is a lot of companies that are very efficient at generating profits. If the free market is so f****** wonderful, explain Microsoft!

    I'd rather have consumer protection laws passed and enforced by a government with no stake in the transactions than have a bunch of big companies collude to cheat consumers.

    Don't you worry about that evil old government. Enron is working for your best interests.

  9. There are two sides to every story... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    and there are two sides to the story of the Censorware Project.

    Sig: What REALLY Happened to the Censorware Project