----- Original Message ----- From: "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Arachne List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 4:55 AM Subject: Re: Comments on the DMCA and te TPCA > On Thu, 09 Jan 2003 19:25:52 +0100 (CET), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Menedetter) wrote: <snip> > > Lexmark sued an ink cartrdige refiller for violating the DMCA. > > The ink cartrdige is "copyrighted", and the making of lexmark cartridges is > > illegal accoring to 1201 of the DMCA. > > 1201 is the evasion of copyright protection schemes. <snip> > Unless the container and its components have some > unique features and characteristics and component materials which make it > quite unlike anything else, then how can it be copyrighted or patented? <snip> Agreed, but some Lexmark's incorporate the heads in the cartridge and might be patented. Even so it would seem strange that what is essentially a refill service would be illegal.
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