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- From: Richard.Town@f235.n254.z2.fidonet.org (Richard Town)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: USR V.Everything SDLs
- Date: 28 Mar 96 19:18:02
- Organization: Barney's Rubble
- Message-ID: <e4b_9603290109@fidouk.fidonet.org>
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- -=> Quoting Geoffrey Welsh to All <=-
-
- GW> No, they do not. They have regulatory obligations not to sell or
- GW> cause to be sold modems which have not been approved for sale in any
- GW> given jurisdiction.
-
- Humbug.
-
- GW> They have contractual obligations not to bypass
- GW> their distributors in the sales process.
-
- Ah, yes. Now that's more like it :-) Attempting to restrict free trade
- Free trade's alright for some, it seems...
-
- GW> apply, they have an option to support or to declare their intention
- GW> not to support their products.
-
- Some clarification might help. Like clearly stating that it's company
- policy. But pompous declarations liberally laced
- with "Dept. of Justice", "Law", "Obligations", and the ever present
- "Approved", words just don't wash. For one thing it's against GATT.
-
- For another, use of an un-approved modem is up to the user. There's
- no, repeat, no export controls on modems (apart from import duties of
- course)
-
- GW> Learn something about law.
-
- You need to. We're not about to go back to the "good old days" when a
- V32bis cost US$500 or so. Despite the slithery postings of manufacturers'
- sycophants with a vested interest to protect.
-
- All this started with the EU Court's ruling that modems approved in one
- EEA country cannot be banned from sale in another. Then there were the
- "grey imports" of FCC approved modems (V34 only) which needed a US
- FlashROM code to upgrade to 31k2 and 33k6...
-
- Doesn't need a genius in business management to work out what's really
- going on :-)
-
- rgdZ
- Richard
-
-