This appears to be good consumer news...

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_te...ridge_ink.html

Must be the lemmings are quiet.

Must be the lemmings are quiet. Originally Posted by bamscram

Or stopped giving a fuck about WTF posts.

If he set himself on fire I'll watch

The last sentence in the Article summed the eventual outcome.

Impression Products won the battle, but future Companis will probably loose the war.

Or stopped giving a fuck about WTF posts.

If he set himself on fire I'll watch



Originally Posted by TheDaliLama

I'd at least piss on you. See how much more I care about you!

Jell I'd shat in Iffy's mouth...

Or stopped giving a fuck about WTF posts.

If he set himself on fire I'll watch



Originally Posted by TheDaliLama

If you set yourself on fire i will sell tickets.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_te...ridge_ink.html Originally Posted by WTF

that is a precedent setting ruling that effects almost every company that manufacture products.

that is a precedent setting ruling that effects almost every company that manufacture products. Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm

Do you agree with the courts ruling?

I do.

Plus I jave to piss, tell the Lama to light his robe up!

The idea that this will infringe on patent rights is a stretch.
They just did not want you to refill their ink cartridges and resell them at a much cheaper price.
It is not like this will allow companies to build products that are patented without paying a licensing fee.
Compounding pharmacies have been taking prescription medicine and reselling in a different form for years. They do not manufacture patented drugs, they just reform them.

Let's say a company will only sell you a widget that is patented and the only way to buy it is three to a box.
So you buy one and sell the other two at more than the individual cost but less than the cost for three.
The big key will be software. From what I understand you can resell software but have to remove it completely from your system before you can pass it along.

If you set yourself on fire i will sell tickets. Originally Posted by bamscram

And some of those fresh picked dingleberries that YOU pick with YOUR tooth EKIM ? If YOU set YOURSELF on fire, it would be an act of kindness to humanity, CHIMP !

It is the free market at work. If Lexmark et al charged a reasonable price for ink, refillers would not have entered the market. Perfect example of how the free market works to control cost to consumers.

It is the free market at work. If Lexmark et al charged a reasonable price for ink, refillers would not have entered the market. Perfect example of how the free market works to control cost to consumers. Originally Posted by tonyvicksa

They attempt to control the activity by claiming to void the warranty.

There is always a cheaper way of doing it.

And some of those fresh picked dingleberries that YOU pick with YOUR tooth EKIM ? If YOU set YOURSELF on fire, it would be an act of kindness to humanity, CHIMP ! Originally Posted by Rey Lengua

The idea that this will infringe on patent rights is a stretch.
They just did not want you to refill their ink cartridges and resell them at a much cheaper price.
It is not like this will allow companies to build products that are patented without paying a licensing fee.
Compounding pharmacies have been taking prescription medicine and reselling in a different form for years. They do not manufacture patented drugs, they just reform them.

Let's say a company will only sell you a widget that is patented and the only way to buy it is three to a box.
So you buy one and sell the other two at more than the individual cost but less than the cost for three.
The big key will be software. From what I understand you can resell software but have to remove it completely from your system before you can pass it along. Originally Posted by The2Dogs

that is not the only the thing they do.

they also short change you on the amount of ink that is left in the cartridges. there is a sensor on the cartridge that tells the printer how much ink is left.

It tells the printer that the cartridge ran out of ink when in fact it has quite a bit more ink left. don't know the ratio, it is somewhere between 30 - 40 % left of ink. It dupes the consumer in buying more ink when they don't need to.

the re-sellers are part of that solution, they will sell you a full ink of cartridge.

they do have some methods to "reboot" the cartridge so you can use the remaining ink that is left, but they are not that very reliable.