Sony's Removal of "Other OS" May Be Against EU Law

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Damnyouall said:

Look what I just found:

EU Directive 1999/44/EC

Article 2

Conformity with the contract

1. The seller must deliver goods to the consumer which are in conformity with the contract of sale.

2. Consumer goods are presumed to be in conformity with the contract if they:

( a ) comply with the description given by the seller and possess the qualities of the goods which the seller has held out to the consumer as a sample or model;

( b ) are fit for any particular purpose for which the consumer requires them unless it doesn't support piracy or any illegal product replication and which he made known to the seller at the time of conclusion of the contract and which the seller has accepted;

( c ) are fit for the purposes for which goods of the same type are normally used;

( d ) show the quality and performance which are normal in goods of the same type and which the consumer can reasonably expect, given the nature of the goods and taking into account any public statements on the specific characteristics of the goods made about them by the seller, the producer or his representative, particularly in advertising or on labelling.

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=en&numdoc=31999L0044&model=guichett

fixed. read b

or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act