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Re:How a Supreme Court ruling may stop you from reselling ju... by mindslight on Monday October 29, 2012 @11:49AM (#4712818)
Except then things like warranties get tied to whether you've customized the software on the device. And never mind the herd of people scared into not taking control of their device ("jailbreaking") by nebulous threats of virii or future manufacturer retribution.
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Re:How a Supreme Court ruling may stop you from reselling ju... by Dylan16807 on Monday October 29, 2012 @06:22PM (#4714853)
The solution then is to ban oppressive warranty terms. Only abusive/negligent care should void warranties like that.
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Re:How a Supreme Court ruling may stop you from reselling ju... by Zak on Tuesday October 30, 2012 @05:52AM (#4716755)
That's more or less already the case:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson%E2%80%93Moss_Warranty_...

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