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Software and product repairs to be subject to product liability in the EU in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Thank you for the corrections, I think I maybe skimmed the text back when it went through the EP, so I was mostly going from (poor) memory.

Software and product repairs to be subject to product liability in the EU in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

My understanding is that this would allow for lawsuits along the lines of "Your poorly written software caused [our business to lose this giant contract|thousands of consumers left with bricked devices|my washing machine to eat my dog]. Now pay up!"

Essentially, software vendors (vendor being the operative word here) would become liable for damage caused by their faulty products, just like manufacturers of air compressors or toys or fireworks.

Software and product repairs to be subject to product liability in the EU in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Indeed, Poul-Henning Kamp of bikeshed and BSD fame got a nice little discussion thread started yesterday over on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/113317528662477344

Software and product repairs to be subject to product liability in the EU in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Yeah, I'm assuming developers in the big software companies are donning lifejackets due to the amount of palm sweat from the C-suites.

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Software and product repairs to be subject to product liability in the EU (www.consilium.europa.eu)

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EU brings product liability rules in line with digital age and circular economy

Today [2024-10-10] the Council adopted a directive to update the EU’s civil liability law. The new liability rules better take into account that nowadays many products have digital features and that the economy is becoming increasingly circular.

Logitech has an idea for a “forever mouse” that requires a subscription in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I've found liberal amounts of contact cleaner to solve inadvertent double clicking.