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Re:When Keurig fights “coffee pirates,” who loses? Loyal con... by Arcticus on Sunday October 12, 2014 @02:20AM (#8444580)
Isn't this over before it starts? Lexmark lost the battle when 3rd parties reversed engineered their cartridge DRM and "reverse engineering for interoperability" was added to the DMCA?
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Re:When Keurig fights “coffee pirates,” who loses? Loyal con... by aroberge on Sunday October 12, 2014 @08:57AM (#8445157)
The DMCA is a purely U.S. law. This article is in a Canadian Magazine about the situation in Canada.
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Re:When Keurig fights “coffee pirates,” who loses? Loyal con... by Sanddancer on Sunday October 12, 2014 @02:39AM (#8444613)
Yep. Doubly so considering that third parties are already making compatible cups http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/keurig-competitors-crack...
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