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Submission + - French Judge tells ASUS to refund pre-installed XP (racketiciel.info) 3

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Racketiciel

on Sunday May 18, 2008 @04:13AM

Racketiciel writes: "An French user asked for a refund after buying a ASUS computer that came with Windows XP and other softwares pre-installed. ASUS tried to apply a procedure which cost more money to the consumer that they will give back ... The court ruled in favor of the user who received back 130 Euro (~200 $) for the softwares. Here is the ruling (PDF, French). In France, this is the fourth victory for refund during last two years, and many persons are now starting procedures (in French). Two French associations (AFUL and April) published a press release on this victory the same day a important hearing happened."

Illegal Downloaders to be Blocked By French Government? 149

Posted by Zonk on Friday November 23, 2007 @10:21AM from the define-illegal dept.

rdavison writes "According to a recent article on the Financial Times site, 'internet users in France who download music and films without paying for them could find their web access shut down by a government body.' The proposal originated with FNAC, an entertainment retailer. According to the article, the proposal has a good chance of being accepted. 'In exchange for the clampdown on illegal downloading, the music industry has agreed to make individual downloads of archive French material available on all types of players by dropping digital rights management protection. The French film industry has agreed to release DVDs more quickly after a film's first cinema screening, reducing the delay from 7½ months to 6 months. However, consumer groups and even some of Mr Sarkozy's own members of parliament on Thursday attacked the proposal for a new internet policeman as a threat to civil liberties.'"

Comment Re:bad UI (Score 1) 259

by Oumph on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @08:30AM (#18853237) Attached to: French Voting Machines a "Catastrophe"

I took the picture you pointed on Wikipedia. I'm a French citizen alerting other citizens about the dangers of the current electronic voting solutions. My reporting about the French presidential election (1st round) at Issy-les-Moulineaux (100% electroning voting, ESS iVotronic). Sorry it's in French for now. http://oumph.free.fr/textes/vote_electronique/2007 0422-1er-tour-presidentielle/ (Summary: technical problems, bad translations, opacity, no citizen control, badly printed tickets, etc.) My reporting about the training for polling station presidents and vice-presidents (in French too): http://oumph.free.fr/textes/vote_electronique/form ation_vote_electronique.html (Summary: badly printed tickets, bad translations, bad ergonomy, no control, missing votes, etc.) What a pity!

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