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DRM: Coming to a Coffee Maker Near You

posted by LaminatorX on Monday March 03 2014, @07:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the Java-should-be-open dept.

r00t writes:

"Taking a page out of Lexmark playbook, the Keurig company, famous for it's one-cup coffee making system, now comes with new and improved 100% DRM. Apparently, Keurig is upset over re-usable third-party 'coffee pods' which allow the consumer to escape the Keurig throw-away models which carry a retail price 5% to 25% more. Keurig's CEO, Brian Kelly referred to the move as 'game-changing performance.' Perhaps this will finally be the year of Linux on the Coffe Maker?"

 
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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by frojack on Monday March 03 2014, @08:27PM

    by frojack (1554) on Monday March 03 2014, @08:27PM (#10367)

    I will remind you that Lexmark LOST in court.

    So apparently it DOES make a difference.

    Read the lexmark decision. Link in the summary.

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  • (Score: 2) by edIII on Monday March 03 2014, @08:37PM

    by edIII (791) on Monday March 03 2014, @08:37PM (#10370)

    Really? That's awesome.

    I've never heard of the DMCA losing in court like that. They've always just won on the technicality that the copyright protection measures were bypassed, and that was against the law.

    Apple was the only notable exception to that rule with the justices saying that jailbreaking was acceptable, even though they failed to apply that same logic equally to Non-apple technology.

    Cool. Something in our favor for once.