An unusual Instant Messenger question

[David Kramer]

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.

The DMCA is nigh boundless, the way it is written.
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