content: Defeating Keurig 2.0 DRM--In Seconds--With Stuff You Already Have As you coffee drinkers are damn well aware, Green Mountain Coffee (the fine folks who bring you Keurig) are now using DRM on their "Keurig 2.0" machines. This is done so that ALL K-Cups must be "licensed" by Green Mountain...who is also in the business of (wait for it...) SELLING COFFEE. See the issue here?  This means that the awesome little coffee roaster downtown's K-Cups WILL NOT WORK in the new Keurig machines. Bummer. Most Keurig-made coffee sucks donkey balls...and I'm all ears for suggestions re: breakfast blends or any light roasts! But, ahem, I'm going off on a tangent here. I pulled one apart and found what can only be described as a sort of "digital camera" inside the "head" of the machine...it's purpose is to "read" the new K-Cup and look for "special ink" around the rim. If it doesn't find this ink, you are given an "Oops!" message and told to use authorized K-Cups. Well, I got sick of this on my own fucking machine. I mean, I should be able to drink what I want, right? But how? Oh yeah, and it had to be cheap...and removable since my wife REALLY discourages me "playing around" with the appliances. This here is what I came up with. The digicam in the machine seems to only "look for" the ring around the periphery of the cup...and makes sure that it's comprised of this "special ink" (which I assume is simply, probably, a stock Pantone color...gotta check my swatchbook). You can figure out how to make this yourself from a used "authorized" K-Cup! All you have to do is put in your "unauthorized" cup, place this over the top (good aim is nice...but not necessary) and...voila!  Brew that shit! You just defeated the DRM scheme that cost Green Mountain/Keurig over 3 years and $40 million to develop. Cheers to you! Enjoy your micro-roasted (or hyper-cheap clearance) coffee!!