OT: Printer manufacturers (was Re: usb printing)

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Fairlight (Sun, 11 Sep 2005 15:49:19 -0400):

> On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 03:45:36PM -0400, Kenneth Brody, the prominent
> pundit, witicized:
> >
> > Lexmark lost.
>
> I'm very surprised.  That's the first ruling I've heard that disregards
> the DMCA, under which it almost certainly would fall.  Technically, they
> shouldn't have been able to lose.

The ruling didn't ignore it...  there are exceptions built into the
DMCA, and they lost based on that exception.

>From my original URL:

    http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2004Oct/gee20041028027613.htm

    [...]

    SCC argued in its defense that it had used reverse-engineering
    to allow interoperability between devices, something that is
    allowed as an exception in the DMCA.

Note that this is not the same "SCC" we all know and love.  :-)

[...]

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