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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...

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Published in:Economist Vol. 420; no. 9009; p. 63
Format: Article
Published: Economist Newspaper Limited 10/1/2016
Subjects:
Hewlett-Packard Co.
Ink cartridges
Computer firmware
Prevention of copyright infringement
Digital rights management
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