November 6th, 2003
A Crack in the Armor?
A short analysis on the US Copyright Office ruling that Lexmark cannot prevent reverse engineering of its printer cartridges under the DMCA, since by selling its printers, the company made its printer/cartridge control chip “readily available”.
The suit isn’t over yet, but it’s nice to see that the judge applied the concept of interoperability which, suprisingly enough *is* protected under the DCMA. [Ouch! Lexmark, that musta hurt.]