An unusual Instant Messenger question

[nmeyers at javalinux.net (Nathan Meyers)]

On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 03:48:01PM -0500, David Kramer wrote:
> On Friday 10 January 2003 03:20 pm, Nathan Meyers wrote:
> > Has DMCA really ventured into protection of network protocols? I
> > haven't heard those initials uttered in the ongoing Microsoft/AOL IM
> > interoperability pissing contest.
> 
> Are you KIDDING!?!?!
> 
> I just heard a case where Lexmark (the IBM printer spinoff) is pressing 
> charges against a company who is refilling their laser toner cartridges 
> because they reverse-engineered the smart chip Lexmark put in the card 
> specifically to prevent refilling.

No, I'm not kidding. That doesn't sound like a network protocol to me.

Nathan Meyers
nmeyers at javalinux.net