On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 11:58 AM Ali <cct...@ibm51xx.net> wrote: > In none of the stories I have read, and I admit I haven't been following this > closely, there has been no mention of labels being copied (i.e. logos, > graphics, etc.). If he did do this then yes he screwed himself royally. > > -Ali >
https://mashable.com/2018/06/07/microsoft-right-to-repair-eric-lundgren-pr-nightmare/ >From the article: "One thing Microsoft and Lundgren do agree on: it was wrong for him to put a Dell logo on the discs, which he said he did to make the discs' purpose less confusing to consumers." "What I’m guilty of is printing a logo on a worthless piece of plastic," Lundgren said. "But that’s a civil issue," he said, and worth a fine, not jail time." https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-microsoft-restore-disc-20180215-story.html >From the article: "In 2013, federal authorities intercepted shipments of 28,000 restore discs that Lundgren had manufactured in China and sent to his sales partner in Florida. The discs had labels nearly identical to the discs provided by Dell for its computers and had the Windows and Dell logos. “If I had just written ‘Eric’s Restore Disc’ on there, it would have been fine,” Lundgren said." I think he should not have gone to jail, this is a civil matter. However what he did was wrong and it badly affected the recycling business as a whole. Now other people are not wanting to persue recycled computers