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		Arcticus on Oct 12, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: When Keurig fights “coffee pirates,” who loses? Lo... Isn't this over before it starts? Lexmark lost the battle when 3rd parties reversed engineered their cartridge DRM and "reverse engineering for interoperability" was added to the DMCA?

aroberge on Oct 12, 2014 | [–]

The DMCA is a purely U.S. law. This article is in a Canadian Magazine about the situation in Canada.

Sanddancer on Oct 12, 2014 | [–]

Yep. Doubly so considering that third parties are already making compatible cups http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/keurig-competitors-crack...

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