[Free-sklyarov-uk] Action that can be taken

[phil hunt]

On Monday 12 November 2001  1:59 pm, Jim Peters wrote:
>
> Well, we all know what nonsense this point of view is.=20

Indeed, the guy's either been told to say this or has made up
his own nonsense. Talking to his boss would help to verify which
is going on., I find it unlikely that Trading Standards have an
official policy of not caring about sub-standard CDs.

> It
> completely rubbishes the notion of backwards compatibility for
> future multi-format players, and forwards compatibility for your
> existing CD collection.  It makes the CD specification worthless,
> and gives the record companies open season on doing what they like
> with the CD format so long as it plays `as advertised' on devices
> labelled as "CD players".

I'm sure PS2s and computers are sometimes labelled this way. My
PC has a drive marked "Compact Disc", for example. What's that=20
supposed to mean, if not that it plays CDs?

> I wonder if Trading Standards have been primed on this issue by the
> record companies.  That would be a frightening thought.  The guy
> was completely clear on his position on this issue, even though he
> said I was the first person to complain to him about this.

Sounds fishy.


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