Hi List,
a design can be copyrighted on its form, colors, etcetera.
Furthermore: it is not in the interest of Lexmark that the cartridges
will be refilled. You have to know how to refill and hack the
anti-refill measures Lexmark did build in. Telling about this hacking is
illegal... however simple refilling is.
I refill my Xerox printer cartridges too. IMHO this is not illegal
but telling you 'how to do it' might be illegal.
Maybe I tell you some day where to make a little hole in the cartridge
and what kind of ordinary ink is put into that hole by a seringe.
I will not tell you... for I do not like to be arrested if I visit
the United States.
CU, Bastiaan
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 16:08:23 -0000, John Sparks wrote:
> ----- 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.
> John
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