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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.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

That sounds like a good thing.

I must admit that I can't think of any examples of this ever being a problem though. It might also be because I'm just so used to crappy software breaking things that I've just come to accept it as normal