It looks like someone has cracked the DRM in Keurig's coffee machine which stopped it from accepting rival coffee pods.

Coffee maker Keurig's hit the headlines by having a programmed coffee maker which was protected by DRM. The move was widely viewed as a desperate attempt by Green Mountain, which purchased Keurig in 2006, to protect its profits and stop other companies from putting out imitation K-Cups at much cheaper prices.

Keurig designed a sophisticated anti-counterfeiting system for its latest brewer that scans for the company's proprietary markings and immediately locks out any off-brand capsules. However, it looks like its rivals have already figured a way around the system. Mother Parkers Tea and Coffee says its latest RealCup capsules are fully compatible with Keurig 2.0.

Keurig Green Mountain is facing more than a dozen lawsuits over the controversial move — brought both by disgruntled individuals and companies determined not to get locked out of the lucrative coffee pod business.