New Chips Can Keep a Tight Rein on Consumers

[Peter Gutmann]

"R. A. Hettinga" <rah at shipwright.com> quotes:

>M-6Some inkjet printers have chips in their ink cartridges that prevent
>operation if the cartridge has been refilled.

Actually I'm amazed no printer vendor has ever gone after companies who produce
third-party Smartchips for remanufactured printer cartridges.  This sounds like
the perfect thing to hit with the DMCA universal hammer.  I wonder if there's a
good reason for this?  Why is this particular field immune?

Peter.

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