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Re: Can cryptography prevent printer-ink piracy?
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 06:35:23 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Simon Higgs <simon () higgs com> Date: July 6, 2007 11:42:06 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] Can cryptography prevent printer-ink piracy? Reply-To: simon () higgs com Dave, That's a perfect way for a manufacturer to loose it's customer base.Lexmark tried this already and lost in court. The result is no-one trusts Lexmark as a brand and their market share has suffered as a consequence.
Epson printers have a huge audience, mainly because they can be used with a variety of third-party (even home-made) inks. Pigment inks are used for professional photography and edible inks are used in catering (for printing onto cakes, etc.). None of this would be possible if the printers were locked into Epson's own inks.
Introducing cryptographic chips which lock printers exclusively to proprietary inks is commercial suicide.
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