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An Anonymous Coward writes:

Dymo causes a stir by adding DRM to printer paper

"Dymo is putting RFID readers into its latest label printers, and using those to prevent owners from putting third-party labels through their printers."

https://www.zdnet.com/article/dymo-causes-a-stir-by-adding-drm-to-printer-paper/ [zdnet.com]

Dymo printers are putting DRM in the paper: WTF!
Louis Rossmann
Feb 22, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJs9_xELKbI [youtube.com]

This goes back to the original question that gets asked a lot around here, who owns the products that you buy?

Also, as the video points out, it's possible that the anti-circumvention law of the DMCA may possibly make it illegal for you to circumvent these restrictions(?). As the video points out, these corporations are huge on free market capitalism but only when it suits them. When it doesn't they're suddenly in favor of more government restrictions.

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