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===Restriction to first party labels===

The Dymo LabelWriter 550 Turbo and other 500 series label printers have introduced a controversial feature: [[DRM]] (Digital Rights Management) via [[wikipedia:Radio-frequency_identification|RFID]] tags in their consumables.<ref>[https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/21/if-you-thought-printer-cartridge-drm-was-bad-dymo-is-forcing-users-to-buy-rfid-paper "If you thought printer cartridge DRM was bad, Dymo is forcing users to buy RFID paper"] - appleinsider.com - accessed 2025-02-03</ref><ref>[https://walledculture.org/drm-on-paper-shows-why-anti-circumvention-laws-are-copyrights-biggest-blunder/ "DRM on paper shows why anti-circumvention laws are copyright’s biggest blunder"] - walledculture.org - accessed 2025-02-03</ref> Affected printers come with "Automatic Label Recognition™", a marketing term that translates to DRM implementation in thermal labels. This system restricts users to purchasing only Dymo-branded labels, potentially increasing costs and limiting consumer choice.

The Dymo LabelWriter 550 Turbo and other 500 series label printers have introduced a controversial feature: [[DRM]] (Digital Rights Management) via [[wikipedia:Radio-frequency_identification|RFID]] tags in their consumables.<ref>[https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/21/if-you-thought-printer-cartridge-drm-was-bad-dymo-is-forcing-users-to-buy-rfid-paper "If you thought printer cartridge DRM was bad, Dymo is forcing users to buy RFID paper"] - appleinsider.com - accessed 2025-02-03</ref><ref>[https://walledculture.org/drm-on-paper-shows-why-anti-circumvention-laws-are-copyrights-biggest-blunder/ "DRM on paper shows why anti-circumvention laws are copyright’s biggest blunder"] - walledculture.org - accessed 2025-02-03</ref> <ref group="Video References">{{Cite web |last=Rossmann |first=Louis |date=2022-02-23 |title=Dymo printers are putting DRM in the paper - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJs9_xELKbI |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-20 |website=YouTube}}</ref>Affected printers come with "Automatic Label Recognition™", a marketing term that translates to DRM implementation in thermal labels. This system restricts users to purchasing only Dymo-branded labels, potentially increasing costs and limiting consumer choice.

This move has sparked frustration among users and prompted the hacking community to develop a solution to remove the restrictions that is available via a free ~~licence~~ on ~~github~~.<ref>[https://hackaday.com/2022/03/30/freedmo-gets-rid-of-dymo-label-printer-drm/ "#FreeDMO Gets Rid Of DYMO Label Printer DRM"] - hackaday.com - accessed 2025-02-03</ref>

This move has sparked frustration among users and prompted the hacking community to develop a solution to remove the restrictions that is available via a free license on GitHub.<ref>[https://hackaday.com/2022/03/30/freedmo-gets-rid-of-dymo-label-printer-drm/ "#FreeDMO Gets Rid Of DYMO Label Printer DRM"] - hackaday.com - accessed 2025-02-03</ref>

<ref>[https://github.com/free-dmo/free-dmo-stm32 "FreeDMO"] - github.com - accessed 2025-02-03</ref>

<ref>[https://github.com/free-dmo/free-dmo-stm32 "FreeDMO"] - github.com - accessed 2025-02-03</ref><ref group="Video References">{{Cite web |last=Rossmann |first=Louis |date=2022-04-01 |title=Dymo labelwriter paper DRM HACKED - you can use your own paper now - but does it matter?? - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lezr3kYbFvY |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-20 |website=YouTube}}</ref>

==Business Tactics and Other Models==

This type of business tactic is not unfamiliar among different industries or variances in product and can be found in the refrigerator industry in the form of water filters, power tool industry in the form of batteries, automotive industry in the form of parts or diagnostic software, or most commonly known the printing industry.

In some cases, it can be that a standard for the consumable hasn't been agreed upon or the technology is proprietary to the company, but in most cases it's a form of greed locking the consumer into a product that they are then required to purchase in many cases at a significantly inflated price. For example, a printer company might sell a printer at next to or less than the cost to build it as a loss leader, but then now that the consumer has bought into their product line, they are obliged through marketing, embedded DRM, or necessity to purchase the consumables for the product from the original manufacturer.

==References==

~~===Video references===~~

*Louis Rossmann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJs9_xELKbI

*Louis Rossmann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lezr3kYbFvY

==Video References==

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 ===Restriction to first party labels===
-The Dymo LabelWriter 550 Turbo and other 500 series label printers have introduced a controversial feature: [[DRM]] (Digital Rights Management) via [[wikipedia:Radio-frequency_identification|RFID]] tags in their consumables.<ref>[https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/21/if-you-thought-printer-cartridge-drm-was-bad-dymo-is-forcing-users-to-buy-rfid-paper "If you thought printer cartridge DRM was bad, Dymo is forcing users to buy RFID paper"] - appleinsider.com - accessed 2025-02-03</ref><ref>[https://walledculture.org/drm-on-paper-shows-why-anti-circumvention-laws-are-copyrights-biggest-blunder/ "DRM on paper shows why anti-circumvention laws are copyright’s biggest blunder"] - walledculture.org - accessed 2025-02-03</ref> Affected printers come with "Automatic Label Recognition™", a marketing term that translates to DRM implementation in thermal labels. This system restricts users to purchasing only Dymo-branded labels, potentially increasing costs and limiting consumer choice.
+The Dymo LabelWriter 550 Turbo and other 500 series label printers have introduced a controversial feature: [[DRM]] (Digital Rights Management) via [[wikipedia:Radio-frequency_identification|RFID]] tags in their consumables.<ref>[https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/21/if-you-thought-printer-cartridge-drm-was-bad-dymo-is-forcing-users-to-buy-rfid-paper "If you thought printer cartridge DRM was bad, Dymo is forcing users to buy RFID paper"] - appleinsider.com - accessed 2025-02-03</ref><ref>[https://walledculture.org/drm-on-paper-shows-why-anti-circumvention-laws-are-copyrights-biggest-blunder/ "DRM on paper shows why anti-circumvention laws are copyright’s biggest blunder"] - walledculture.org - accessed 2025-02-03</ref> <ref group="Video References">{{Cite web |last=Rossmann |first=Louis |date=2022-02-23 |title=Dymo printers are putting DRM in the paper - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJs9_xELKbI |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-20 |website=YouTube}}</ref>Affected printers come with "Automatic Label Recognition™", a marketing term that translates to DRM implementation in thermal labels. This system restricts users to purchasing only Dymo-branded labels, potentially increasing costs and limiting consumer choice.
-This move has sparked frustration among users and prompted the hacking community to develop a solution to remove the restrictions that is available via a free licence on github.<ref>[https://hackaday.com/2022/03/30/freedmo-gets-rid-of-dymo-label-printer-drm/ "#FreeDMO Gets Rid Of DYMO Label Printer DRM"] - hackaday.com - accessed 2025-02-03</ref>
+This move has sparked frustration among users and prompted the hacking community to develop a solution to remove the restrictions that is available via a free license on GitHub.<ref>[https://hackaday.com/2022/03/30/freedmo-gets-rid-of-dymo-label-printer-drm/ "#FreeDMO Gets Rid Of DYMO Label Printer DRM"] - hackaday.com - accessed 2025-02-03</ref>
-<ref>[https://github.com/free-dmo/free-dmo-stm32 "FreeDMO"] - github.com - accessed 2025-02-03</ref>
+<ref>[https://github.com/free-dmo/free-dmo-stm32 "FreeDMO"] - github.com - accessed 2025-02-03</ref><ref group="Video References">{{Cite web |last=Rossmann |first=Louis |date=2022-04-01 |title=Dymo labelwriter paper DRM HACKED - you can use your own paper now - but does it matter?? - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lezr3kYbFvY |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-20 |website=YouTube}}</ref>
+==Business Tactics and Other Models==
+This type of business tactic is not unfamiliar among different industries or variances in product and can be found in the refrigerator industry in the form of water filters, power tool industry in the form of batteries, automotive industry in the form of parts or diagnostic software, or most commonly known the printing industry.
+In some cases, it can be that a standard for the consumable hasn't been agreed upon or the technology is proprietary to the company, but in most cases it's a form of greed locking the consumer into a product that they are then required to purchase in many cases at a significantly inflated price. For example, a printer company might sell a printer at next to or less than the cost to build it as a loss leader, but then now that the consumer has bought into their product line, they are obliged through marketing, embedded DRM, or necessity to purchase the consumables for the product from the original manufacturer.
 ==References==
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-===Video references<!-- Gonna have to change this one to a proper ref list -->===
-*Louis Rossmann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJs9_xELKbI
-*Louis Rossmann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lezr3kYbFvY
+==Video References==
+<references group="Video References" responsive="0" />
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