Lexmark Invokes DMCA in Toner Suit

Posted by michael on Thursday January 9, 2003 @01:04AM from the all-the-weapons-at-your-disposal dept.

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.

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EU Reason - reduce waste by Talisman · 2003-01-09 01:29 · Score: 2, Troll

The EU is doing it primarily so that users can refill the ink/toner cartridges they already own in a effort to decrease the amount of crap going into landfills or incinerators.

They are not, at least on the surface, doing it to discourage competition in the marketplace.

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