Monday, October 18, 2010

[ifxxfwmm] Defective by Design Disclosure

If a product or device is sold defective by design (often DRM), require that its defects be disclosed prominently in labeling and advertising.  The categories of what's considered defective by design are a list of common such practices consumers will likely care about: region-locked, remote kill, unable to play certain media, bluetooth, cell-based GPS location assist, etc.

This way, a consumer can easily search for devices which aren't defective, and perhaps get the political process moving to allow such devices (if defects are required by sleazy law).

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