7 Oct
2019
7 Oct
'19
9:55 a.m.
On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 11:58 AM Ali <cctalk at ibm51xx.net> wrote:
In none of the stories I have read, and I admit I
haven't been following this closely, there has been no mention of labels being copied
(i.e. logos, graphics, etc.). If he did do this then yes he screwed himself royally.
-Ali
https://mashable.com/2018/06/07/microsoft-right-to-repair-eric-lundgren-pr-…
From the article:
"One thing Microsoft and Lundgren do agree on: it was wrong for him to
put a Dell logo on the discs, which he said he did to make the discs'
purpose less confusing to consumers."
"What I?m guilty of is printing a logo on a worthless piece of
plastic," Lundgren said. "But that?s a civil issue," he said, and
worth a fine, not jail time."
https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-microsoft-restore-disc-20…
From the article:
"In 2013, federal authorities intercepted shipments of 28,000 restore
discs that Lundgren had manufactured in China and sent to his sales
partner in Florida. The discs had labels nearly identical to the discs
provided by Dell for its computers and had the Windows and Dell logos.
?If I had just written ?Eric?s Restore Disc? on there, it would have
been fine,? Lundgren said."
I think he should not have gone to jail, this is a civil matter.
However what he did was wrong and it badly affected the recycling
business as a whole. Now other people are not wanting to persue
recycled computers