Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Staver" <daniel@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 10:26 AM
Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Re: Epson 7600 ???


> > The chips are cracked, the carts are copied, the ink is
> > there, there's just one problem: that nice millennium act on
> > digital copyright protection DMCA can be used to protect
> > carts and that is what Epson and Lexmark have done. I guess
> > we have to wait what the Lexmark case will end in before
> > third parties bring Epson Ultrachrome carts + resetters on
> > the market. It is just that small piece of text that appears
> > on your printer's display telling you what ink is in. Digital
> > copyright acts can then be used as if the great American
> > novel has been written.
>
> MIS are already selling prefilled 7600/9600 compatible
cartridges with
> an "Epson eqivalent chip" installed. No chip resetter for the
7600/9600,
> but they have one for the 2100/2200. Agree about the law
though, in that
> regard I'm glad I live in Europe where they're making the chips
illegal
> instead of protecting them.

Haven't seen that, almost for a month now I see. The information
I got was that most third party ink suppliers would introduce
their Ultrachrome cart clones on the PMA 2003 but didn't dare
with the Lexmark case still going. MIS is the exception so far,
wonder what is different in their solution.

On the European "attempt" to crack the manufacturer's marketing
policy. It is mainly on the subject of refilling and of cart
disposal. When the manufacturers change to a strategy to take the
carts back and refill them then they are within the restrictions
of that law. They still can protect the carts so they can't be
refilled by third parties. European laws on digital copyright are
in the making = I wouldn't expect too much of the European
legislation as being more consumer friendly than the US laws. So
far they have been a lot worse than US laws on that aspect.

Ernst