[TriLUG] DRMed coffee maker?

[Glenn Hennessee via TriLUG]

The inventor of K-cups has said that he wished he hadn't done it. There is
a fairly large environmental impact from the discarded plastic cups and the
coffee isn't readily accessible, at least when the brewing cycle ends, for
composting. I'll stick to my small French press for coffee.

On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 12:12 PM, C TC via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> This has been, and will always be, a never ending debate.
> Remember unlocking cassette tapes with a piece of scotch tape?
>
> What are we to do? Purchase this coffee maker, and a roll of
> black tape ... using cash only ... in order to stay off the grid?
>
> Then again; I stand with the "void all warranties" crowd.
> Have to agree with Jeremy on this one. Messing with people's
> coffee is bad juju!
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 11:48 AM, Igor Partola via TriLUG <
> trilug at trilug.org
> > wrote:
>
> > John, that's my point, this is a clear case where patents, not copyright
> > should be used. They found a way to use DMCA to protect their IP here,
> yet
> > it's a really stupid way to do it, making it more difficult for them,
> > inconvenient to the consumer, and very confusing for who is doing what
> > wrong.
> >
> > With patents, they could protect their IP and control who can manufacture
> > the K-cups.
> >
> > With copyright, they have to add DRM, and then it's not clear if adding a
> > piece of black tape is a violation, or telling someone how to add it, or
> > selling the black tape, or giving it away for free, or manufacturing your
> > own K-Cups even though you don't do anything to circumvent the DRM. Or
> even
> > better, do the manufacturers of the reusable K-Cups violate any law if
> they
> > don't teach you how to circumvent the DRM?
> >
> > Basically, Keurig is digging their own grave with this. Instead of making
> > better coffee machines that brew better coffee, they are trying to lock
> > people into buying refills only from them. They already are seeing
> > competition from Starbucks and the like who have their own single-serve
> > coffee machines now.
> >
> > Igor
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Glenn