http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Planned obsolescence must be protected en Sun, 31 May 2026 14:45:43 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18794#post-281549 Tue, 01 May 2018 10:16:54 +0000 unhurt 281549@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>(stuff the planet and the end user) </p> <p><a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-microsoft-copyright-20180426-story.html">Electronics-recycling innovator is going to prison for trying to extend computers' lives</a><br /> "The appeals court upheld a federal district judge's ruling that the discs Eric Lundgren made to restore Microsoft operating systems had a value of $25 apiece, even though the software they contained could be downloaded free and the discs could only be used on computers that already had a valid Microsoft license." </p>