Blot on the landscape.
The article discusses HP, the U.S. seller of printers and computers, and its firmware update that blocks its machines from using rival ink cartridges. Topics include a decline in HP's revenue resulting from paperless offices and sales of non-original cartridges that break copyright law, HP's use of...
| Publicado en: | Economist Vol. 420; no. 9009; p. 63 |
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| Formato: | Artículo |
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Economist Newspaper Limited
10/1/2016
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| Sumario: | The article discusses HP, the U.S. seller of printers and computers, and its firmware update that blocks its machines from using rival ink cartridges. Topics include a decline in HP's revenue resulting from paperless offices and sales of non-original cartridges that break copyright law, HP's use of smart chips in its ink cartridges to prevent copyright and refills, and HP's control of parts of its products due to digital-rights management. |
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