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Copyright Office Rules Against Lexmark
SparkyTWP writes "'The United States Copyright Office has ruled in favour of Static Control Components, of Sanford, N.C., saying that its microchips do not contravene the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.' This was in regard to SCC making microchips that imitated Lexmark's in remanufactured printer cartridges. It appears Lexmark won't be able to do anything about third-party cartridges."
It must be owned by Halliburton to get such preferential treament from the Bush administration!
Ha-Ha!
Fuck 'em. Fuck 'em with a stick. Fuck 'em 'till they turn purple. I've been refilling cartridges since I found a text on a BBS oh-so-many years ago (anybody remember 2400 baud external modems you could fry an egg on?). So now (well, for awhile now... I've got an epson currently) they've decided to toss "quality control" chips in/on their jewel-encrusted cartridges. That court ruling serves them right for the bait-and-switch practices they've been doing for years. Maybe someone will second this memory: in years past, wasn't there a pretty solid ratio between the cost of the printer and the cost of the cartridges (inverse ratio actually). Last time I looked it seems they're just screwing everyone on the cartriges, period. And how about this one for christ's sake: Epson cartridges supposedly can NOT be removed (for any reason) and replaced or else the nozzles will go tits-up (this is according to their web page). Happened to me; no matter what I do cleaning-wise, the blues and reds are mis-aligned. Anyone know of a fix (short of ditching the printer and buying a new one)?
Wait, so you're saying you want really expensive piece-of-crap printers??
8-PP