On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 15:19 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >But in many countries the EULA is pretty much void - its like > >warranties, Apple can scream '1 year' in New Zealand till the cows come > >home but they're required under the definition of 'fair wear and tear' > >to actually provide a 3 year warranty on their products (same goes for > >many under vendors who try to have crappy warranties). > > > Europe isn't much different (two years for most goods) and even then it's > still a question of "reasonable life expectancy" which may cause vendors > to pay for a considerable portion of the repair bill for a few years > after that. > > Casper
IIRC the NZ consumer commission I think laid it out a few years ago for a bunch of products; the one that was most hit was the iPod - given how many people purchased 'extended warranties' when they weren't actually required given the protection under law was more than sufficient. Piracy is an interesting thing in NZ - you'll find that those who are taken to court tend to be 'big time' DVD/CD piraters - IIRC it is still under a civil law which means its up to the individual affected to come forward and prove that by the action of the one individual, their organisation was destrimentally harmed; in the case of Microsoft they would have buckley's chance of getting it through by accusing someone of ripping some fonts of a cd. Matthew -- Kaiwai's Blog: http://kaiwai.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
