[TriLUG] DRMed coffee maker?

Jeremy Davis via TriLUG trilug at trilug.org
Wed May 13 11:38:20 EDT 2015


There is no better way to spread global awareness of DRM than to mess with
people's coffee.
On May 13, 2015 11:34 AM, "Peter Neilson via TriLUG" <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> The law would be King Gillette's dream! No, he never even imagined it, I'm
> sure, but when he invented his safety razor he is said to have proclaimed,
> "I'll give 'em the razor and sell 'em the blades." He worked within
> patents, not DRM.
>
> On Wed, 13 May 2015 11:21:33 -0400, Wes Garrison via TriLUG <
> trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>
>  1201(a) "No person shall circumvent a technological measure that
>>> effectively controls access *to a work protected under this title*."
>>>
>>
>> That's the rub, isn't it?
>>
>> The coffee maker is not a work protected by copyright.
>>
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