Monday, July 28, 2003

>From last week's BNA News: GERMAN COURT RULES SITE MUST HONOR CONTRACT WITH PRICING ERROR BNA's Electronic Commerce & Law Report reports that a German local court has ruled that a company must comply with an electronic contract containing an error in pricing because the company did not rescind the contract promptly as required by the German civil code. The court paid particular attention to the auto-response sent by the company confirming the online order. Article at http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/eip.nsf/is/a0a7b1c0k6 For a free trial to source of this story, visit http://web.bna.com/products/ip/eplr.htm German language decision at http://www.rechtsanwaltmoebius.de/urteil/amtsgericht_westerburg.pdf 1:20:01 PM    comment []

Another complaint to consumer watchdog about EMI music discs, by Sam Varghese, Sydney Morning-Herald. Russell Waters, a technical officer with an electricity company in Melbourne, said the gist of his complaint was that that the music discs and new, standard CD players were being sold without any warnings that they may not be compatible with each other. I also suggested that EMI were engaging in deception by selling products marketed as CDs, when in fact they don't seem to fit the standard definition of a CD and don't work in some standard players (such as my CD-ROM drive at work and my recently purchased portable CD player), he said. Lots of links in the story itself. 9:18:33 AM    comment []

One month ago: Remember that universities in recognizable form predate both democracy and capitalism. 3:17:36 AM    comment []