Author: Thorsten Czub
Date: 10:28:45 04/13/00
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On April 12, 2000 at 16:52:13, Frederic Friedel wrote: >Does Consumer Reports have to get permission from the manufacturers of each >product whether it can be tested or not? the programmer or the company that owned the copyright sells the licence agreement. if the programmer or the company owning that right, does not want the customer to do something with the product, the licence agreement is not accepted by the company. the customer can send the product to the distributor and gets the money back. if you buy a book, you accept the copyright laws of the country you buy the book. you are e.g. not allowed to print those books again in and sell them for your own. therefore you would need again the allowance of the publishers or the writer. same with programs. washing machines are of course different matter. or cars. >Can and has a manufactuere successfully >instructed Consumer Reports not to publish the results of a test? How exactly >can you aim to be "independent" if you have to abide by such instructions? the ssdf are not independent. >Just curious to know.
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