The value of the printer is not in the ink, and there is no reason for the printer to check for copyright violations prior to using ink.
Have you checked the prices on printers/printer ink lately? The printer companies make way more money on the ink than they do on the printer itself. They shouldn't be allowed to limit their competition in this way, but obviously the value of the printer is in the ink. Why else would they be doing this in the first place?
it was merely a slimmed down remodel of an existing system. the SP in 2003 is the same.
The SP is a lot more than a slimmed down remodel of the GBA. The built in light and the rechargable battery of the SP makes the original GBA almost impossible to use.
The producers received the right to use the name "Earthsea" when the author cashed that check. She knew what she was doing when she sold it.
Of course the producers are USING the book for their own benefit. That's why they bought the rights.
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Have you checked the prices on printers/printer ink lately? The printer companies make way more money on the ink than they do on the printer itself. They shouldn't be allowed to limit their competition in this way, but obviously the value of the printer is in the ink. Why else would they be doing this in the first place?
The SP is a lot more than a slimmed down remodel of the GBA. The built in light and the rechargable battery of the SP makes the original GBA almost impossible to use.
The producers received the right to use the name "Earthsea" when the author cashed that check. She knew what she was doing when she sold it. Of course the producers are USING the book for their own benefit. That's why they bought the rights.