Digital Convergence responds to the flak that they've taken after demanding that several developers take drivers offline that work with their "CueCat" barcode reader. [Slashdot]
This unimpressive little gadget has recently become the heart of a controversy involving independent software developers. The outcome could potentially set a new precedent in how consumers control and use the products they bring home. [SF Gate]
Finally, I want to add my voice to the cacophony (cat-ophony?) of complaints, grouses, and amazement at the proliferation of the :CueCat from Digital Convergence. [Byte]
. Michael Rothwell (the author of Foocat) wrote in to tell us that our friends at Digital Convergence are not giving up on their quest to defend their 3rd grader calibre "encryption" of their "intellectual property". [Slashdot]
Just noted that CueCat is going for this year's Useless Legal Action Beanie by going after www.upcdatabase.com, a site that is storing UPC codes and allows people to look them up. [Slashdot]
The :CueCat is a classic example of a broken business model. One can no longer (if, indeed, one ever could) put out a piece of hardware with the expectation that people will not seek to improve its operation with new software. [Linux Weekly News]
About the serial number and how to remove it. [Slashdot]
[Dallas Observer]
Apparently Digital Convergence has changed their EULA. This EULA has been modified to include the CueCat reader in an attempt to shutdown those tinkering with their cats. [Slashdot]
Thanks to a (previously) little-known company called "Digital Convergence," we now have our latest attack on the right to program. [Linux Weekly News]
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