Boycott Lexmark! Following software manufacturers' and the RIAA's lead, they've found a way to deprive customers of their rights to use their property the way they want to. Quote:
Would you pay extra when buying a new car for the right to re-sell it? How about for the right to take it to any repair shop you choose? Those are decisions you might have to make in the not-too-distant future.
The sneakwrapping of American law took another fateful step last week with a decision rendered by the U.S. District Court in the case of Lexmark versus the Arizona Cartridge Remanufacturers Association (ACRA). The court's ruling -- dismissing ACRA's charges of deceptive practices against Lexmark -- implies that a manufacturer can deprive mass-market consumers of their rights just by slapping a license agreement on its product.
Posted by Blog Jones at October 12, 2003 08:47 AM