Crippled CD Deemed Defective In France

Posted by timothy on Wednesday September 3, 2003 @06:01AM from the aongh-haw-haw dept.

Noryungi writes "The daily newspaper Liberation reports that at least one person got her money back, by suing EMI, no less. She was able to do that with the help of the largest consumer organization in France, which has its own list of articles on this subject. So, French people who cannot read their copy-protected CDs can get their money back, but copy protection is not made illegal by the court decision... It's certainly a step in the right direction, though..." For the French-impaired, an anonymous reader adds "The Register has a good article on EMI being forced to refund the cost of a copy-protected CD, because it was found to have a 'hidden defect' -- it wouldn't work on a car's CD player ... Is the tide changing?"

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End this madness! by jared_hanson · 2003-09-03 06:49 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Posts like these need to stop. They are incredibly annoying. See my journal entry on the subject.

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1. Re:End this madness! by Eunuchswear · 2003-09-03 08:17 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  MOD PARENT +99 FUNNY NOW!
  
  If I had mod points...
  
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Re:Rimshot by swordgeek · 2003-09-03 07:31 · Score: 0, Offtopic

"and in the end
the love you take
is equal to the love
you make."

Sorry, got carried away there.

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