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Refilling Ink Cartridges Now a Crime?
Eric Smith writes "The Ninth Circuit has created box-wrap patent licenses. Now the label on the box that says "single use only" is given force of law, and if you refill the cartridge you are liable for patent infringement."
I mean, who ever listens to those "one use only" instructions? Those condoms can last a long time.
"So can I still fill up used bottled water bottles with my tap water if it is labled '1 liter'?"
Sure, but don't you dare try to put a quart in there!
Sounds like we're going back to the days of "It's a crime to remove this tag off of your mattress."
Listen, citizens - in case this somehow escaped you - anything that deprives private business from accruing money is and should be criminalized. This includes sharing books, sharing information, discussing movies or letting someone else listen to your radio or watch your television.
.wait no... feed a man a melon and take his bananas...
Any of you who behave in opposition to this way of thinking are terrorists and clearly hate America. You are either with us (corporate America) or you're against us. You evil doers will not do us.. uh.. out. There's a saying back where I come from. Take a man's fish and give him... er... uh.. . Give a man your banana and reap his fis... er..
Good night and God bless.
They'll get my catridge refiller when they pry it from my cold dead hands.
I am becoming gerund, destroyer of verbs.
Yes, only the original manufacturer is allowed to fill the bottle labeled "spring water" with tap water.
hmm, maybe not. But if it was labeled '1 litre' you might be able to :-)
Sure, but what if it is labelled "spring water"?
Well I'm in trouble then... I sometimes peel the labels off of my bottled water, surely they'll come after me citing the DMCA now!!
I can imagine a fella being arrested for refilling his cartridge. As he's handcuffed, he listens to the lecture of a bald man with a monocule:
"You only ink twice, Mr. Bond"
"Every sperm is sacred ... every sperm is good!"
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
Hey Eric, how's it goin? I'm gonna need them to go ahead and catch me, uh, refilling my cartridges. Oh, and I'm also gonna need them to go ahead and uh, stop charging $35 for 1 ounce of ink. M'kay? Great, tha-anks.
The image is a dream, the beauty is real. Can you see the difference?
Of course, and you may only fill the gas tank of your car once - when empty, you have to buy a new car. How else is GMC ever going to make money on cars?
Oh well, what the hell...
That's just like the Kikkoman Soy Sauce bottles at my favorite Chinese buffet. They have "Refill only with Kikkoman" printed on them. I've been tempted every time I see those to sneak a few drops of La Choy soy sauce into one of them and see if it would explode and take out the entire shopping center that the resteraunt is in.
[Beavis-and-Butthead]Whoa! That was cool! Huh-huhuhuhuh...[/Beavis-and-Butthead]
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An independant? How did he manage to slip in? Rest assured, the US electoral system will do everything in it's power to stomp him out at the next election.
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I am going rip one of those "do not remove" matress tags off and stuff it into an ink cartridge. The combined lawsuits will be so complex that the judge's head will explode. (Hmmm. Is blood single use?)
Table-ized A.I.
Nivea
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