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Taxing Times for Free Choice
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| Anyway, it boils down to this:
| Forcing people to buy something else with what they really want to buy is
| called bundling. It is now prohibited in France, and it is probably so in the
| UK too.
|
| Perhaps these vendors need to read about the Sale of Goods Act again.
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http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/07/30/taxing-times-for-free-choice/
Amazon’s Windows Refund Helps the Earth
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| I thought it would be good to show you where the Microsoft Tax has gone:
|
| Dear Melissa,
|
| Thank you.
|
| Your support will help the Sierra Club continue its efforts to protect
| wild places and endangered species, confront global environmental
| challenges, and keep the pressure on politicians and corporations.
|
| By supporting the Sierra Club online, you also become a member of the
| Club’s Online Community — helping to save paper and postage and enabling
| you to get the latest environmental news and information quickly. As a
| member of our Online Community you can help protect the environment by
| visiting the Sierra Club Action Center and sending personalized emails to
| key decision makers on important conservation issues. And, at our Online
| Member Center, you can subscribe to one of the Club’s email newsletters
| and electronic publications.
|
| The Sierra Club has been devoted to protecting our natural heritage for
| over 100 years. And thanks to your support, we can continue to fight and
| protect our natural resources.
|
| Thanks again.
|
| Sincerely,
|
| Carl Pope
| Executive Director
| Sierra Club
|
| Please print or save this message for your personal records.
|
| Name: Melissa Cameron
| Amount: $67.58
| Designation: Donation to the Sierra Club
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http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/07/29/amazons-windows-refund-helps-the-earth/
Related:
French court orders Windows refund
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| In France, it is illegal to bundle software and to refuse to reimburse the
| customer for unwanted licences, under Article L.122-1 of the French Consumer
| Code. The Tribunal de Grande Instance ruled that offering an expensive refund
| option was tantamount to offering no refund option at all, hence finding for
| the consumer and requiring that Asus stump up.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/05/19/french-court-nobbles-asus
French police deal blow to Microsoft
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| The French paramilitary police force said Wednesday it is ditching Microsoft
| for the free Linux operating system, becoming one of the biggest
| administrations in the world to make the break.
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http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iU4Lq7tOR_WVOJLZ3IeRaIH03x6w
French consumer protectionists are demanding PCs without preinstalled
software
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| The consumer protectionists of the French organization UFC-Que Choisir
| are demanding of the IT group Hewlett-Packard and the vendors Auchan
| and Darty that they offer PCs without preinstalled software.
|
| [...]
|
| UFC-Que Choisir last year also took action against Sony and Apple,
| taking the two companies to court for allegedly putting their
| customers at a disadvantage through proprietary DRM technologies
| and curtailing their choice of devices.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/82605/from/rss09
French consumer group attacks PC software bundling
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| UFC-Que Choisir legal officer Sandra Wouhling said current
| practice effectively forced ordinary consumers to buy computers
| using Microsoft operating systems whereas companies anda
| dministrations were offered a real choice.
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http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20061214:MTFH94365_2006-12-14_14-49-22_L14537403&type=comktNews&rpc=44
http://tinyurl.com/yf7kfu
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