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Lexmark Invokes DMCA in Toner Suit
Rhyas writes "Seems as though Lexmark has decided it wants all the pie when it comes to the printing world, as they are suing a company that does reselling of chips that allow third party toner cartridges to work in Lexmark printers. Cindy Cohn, an attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said she expected more cases like the one brought by Lexmark. 'We have long said that the DMCA's potential use as an anti-competitive tool has been great,' Cohn said. 'Now we're seeing it happen.'" The European Union is taking action against the practice of embedding chips in printer cartridges which make it difficult for third parties to sell refills.
Europeans have long wanted to both have and eat their cake. Witness: socialized medicine, socialized health care, socialized industry, socialized life. Now that the birth rate is dropping dramatically in Western Europe, all the 50 somethings are in a panic because their womb-to-tomb statist safety net isn't there - nobody's working to pay the bills that the last generation racked up.
Natural consequences of societies which embrace skepticism, mysticism and irrationalism as philosophies. Causality? Who needs it! Paraphrasing Kant: They have set aside reason in order to make room for faith.
Yeah, I know, -1 Troll, -1 Flamebait. That doesn't change the truth of this post though, and I have karma to burn.
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