Siduhe;473098 Wrote: > We've had something similar in the EU (not quite so explicit but the > intended effect is the same) for some time, care of the Unfair > Commercial Practices Directive. It contains a general ban on unfair or > misleading advertising practices including falsely or misleading > representing that your only connection to a company is as a consumer. > > In the UK the Directive is enacted by the Consumer Protection from > Unfair Trading Regulations and includes a specific prohibition on > "misleading conduct" which is theoretically wide enough to include > failing to mention that you have received a free piece of hardware from > a company. > > However, there is also de minimis requirement i.e. the behaviour must > be likely materially to distort or be likely to materially distort the > average consumer's economic behaviour. > > A more sensible way to approach things IMHO.
Yes I'm familiar with that legislation and provided I continue to post on this forum alone it has no relevance, because by definition I cannot "distort or be likely to materially distort the average consumer's economic behaviour" -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB Touch Beta (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69819 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
