When he figured out how to recycle e-waste from China into “restore discs” used to reinstall Windows software onto crashed hard drives, Microsoft took him to court, claiming he cost the company millions of dollars in lost sales.
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https://returntonow.net/2018/05/10/ewaste-innovator-prison/
Headline is wrong. Going to prison for violating copyrights 25,000 times.
ReplyDeleteA tad sensationalist, yes.
ReplyDeleteI see this constantly in my business. People can legally copy PCB's, there is no law against it as they are functional, and functional items cannot be copyrighted. But there are always CPUs and ASICs on the boards. Legally, they can remove the S/W flash or EEPROM and solder them on a new board, but cannot copy them onto a new board.
ReplyDeleteThat is a beneficial viewpoint, however isn’t make every sence whatsoever dealing with which mather. Any method thanks in addition to i had make an effort to share your current post straight into delicius but it surely is apparently an issue using your websites is it possible to you should recheck this. many thanks again. e waste is a big problem
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