Digital BW, The Print

There is always a "way".  Our Porsche dealer offered to replace the CC
converter system to a tuned exhaust if "I wouldn't tell".  No problemo.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 8:26 PM
Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Euro&Chipped Cart


> Hi Ken,
>
> > I wish the culture here in the U.S.
> > was such that, if I drove off from a McDonald's drive-in with a cup of
hot
> > coffee balanced in my crotch, the resulting problem would be mine, not
the
> > seller of the hot coffee.
>
> Agreed %100.
>
> > By the same token, if I want to sell a printer
> > for $40 that requires a $40 cartridge with a miniscule amount of ink, I
> > should be free to do so, and let the marketplace handle it.
>
> There are two issues with that.  Consumables of this nature should not be
> proprietary.  I have a problem with putting in place "protection" that
> forces people to use ONLY YOUR cartridges....and THEN putting in place
(IMO
> idiot) legislation like the DMCA that somehow considers these chipped
> cartridges a violation.  The first is bad enough, but the second is beyond
> arrogance in my book.
>
> If I buy a printer, I should be able to do what ever the hell I want to
with
> it, and if that includes replacing the chipped cartridges with something
> that allows me to use non-chipped cartridges, that should be only my
> business, no one else's.  This is entirely different than removing
pollution
> control from an automobile, or some safety feature, such as a seatbelt.
> It's like saying I can't buy an adapter to allow the use of a standard oil
> filter, instead of the manufacturers proprietary $75 oil filter.
>
> Austin
>
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