From owner-freebsd-chat Thu May 16 16: 1:28 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from scaup.prod.itd.earthlink.net (scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0779137B406 for ; Thu, 16 May 2002 16:01:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pool0005.cvx40-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([216.244.42.5] helo=mindspring.com) by scaup.prod.itd.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 178UF6-0005lb-00; Thu, 16 May 2002 16:01:04 -0700 Message-ID: <3CE43A04.AC0B1F86@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 16:00:20 -0700 From: Terry Lambert X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en]C-CCK-MCD {Sony} (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nils Holland Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The road ahead? References: <15586.61471.456290.764885@guru.mired.org> <20020515211922.J1282@darkstar.gte.net> <3CE34A8B.7D999E2C@mindspring.com> <20020516091031.A2259@daemon.tisys.org> <15587.56669.382241.766052@guru.mired.org> <20020516192546.B8944@daemon.tisys.org> <20020516193049.G79514@lpt.ens.fr> <15587.65524.899611.798267@guru.mired.org> <20020516211542.A10910@daemon.tisys.org> <3CE40991.D7BF4A2B@mindspring.com> <20020516223732.A11860@daemon.tisys.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Nils Holland wrote: > > You should ask the EFF if it will support you filing a > > lawsuit under the "truth in advertising" laws. > > This ain't no advertising! If I buy a CD player that claims to play media > labelled "Compact Disc - Digital Audio", then I may very well assume that > all such labelled media will be playable in my player. Otherwise, we're > entering an area where standards no longer have any value... If it refers to "Compact Disc - Digital Audio" on the cover, and the media inside is not Red Book compliant, then the media inside does not contain what the label says it contains, and they are guilty of false advertising. Bring a suit: they will be fined. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message