Dymo causes a stir by adding DRM to printer paper

[steakikan]

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"The new label rolls come with a booby-trap," writes Doctorow, "a RFID-equipped microcontroller that authenticates with your label-maker to attest that you bought Dymo's premium-priced labels and not a competitor's. The chip counts down the labels as you print them (so you can't transplant it to a generic label roll)."

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[ArchStanton]

[pioneerisloud]

  

[Snakecharmed]

[ENTERPRISE]

For crying out loud. I am glad this makes me laugh out of insanity rather than be angry.

[Diffident]

Will this be exclusive to printers or all their devices?

I have a Dymo label maker. (I should have paid the extra coin for a Brady) 

[steakikan]

2 hours ago, Diffident said:

Will this be exclusive to printers or all their devices?

I have a Dymo label maker. (I should have paid the extra coin for a Brady) 

Not sure, seems anything with cartridge style which they can embed RFID on and system with auto detection.

[iamjanco]

I am so glad I recently bought an Epson label printer (and not a Dymo).