[TriLUG] DRMed coffee maker?

[Ed Blackman via TriLUG]

On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 11:32:56AM -0400, Stephen Bryant via TriLUG wrote:
>The issue with the patent is that they *did* patent the K-cups - but the patent expired a couple years ago.
>
>I’m no lawyer, but wasn’t there a decision in that big ink/toner case regarding this? Something to the effect that circumventing a protection mechanism like this for the purpose of interoperability is legal?

You're probably thinking of this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexmark_International,_Inc._v._Static_Control_Components,_Inc.

See the section on "Copyright and DMCA claims: 2004 Circuit Court 
ruling"

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Ed Blackman