Consumer Protection The sale and supply of goods to consumer’s regulations 2002 State that goods when sold must be: 1. Of satisfactory quality 2. Fit for purpose 3. As described When complaining you are not entitled to anything if: 1. You were told of any faults before you bought the goods 2. The fault was obvious and it would have been reasonable for you to notice it before buying 3. If you caused the damage yourself 4. If you have changed your mind about the
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In 2010 President Obama passed a consumer protection act formally titled the “Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.” This act was passed after the 2008 financial crisis to try to “promote the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system‚” and to put an end to ‘‘too big to fail’’ banks. Although the act was built on good intentions‚ Dodd-Frank has accomplished little of its intended purposes‚ and has only followed
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The Consumer Protection Act‚ 1986 Introduction The earlier principle of “Caveat Emptor” or “let the buyer beware” which was prevalent has given way to the principle of “consumer is king”. The origins of this principle lie in the fact that in today’s mass production economy‚ where there is little contact between the producer and consumer‚ often sellers make exaggerated claims through advertisements‚ which they do not intend to fulfill. This leaves the consumer in a difficult position with
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Electronic business‚ commonly known as "eBusiness" or "e-business" ‚is a business running on the Internet. Beside buying and selling‚ it also serves a much wider consumer base and collaborates with business partners. The term also has an accurate definition -"interaction with business partners‚ where the interaction is enabled by information technology". When information technology has become more accessible‚ much cheaper and more powerful‚ E-business has become a new trend. Because of low running
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Running head: Justice found between protection of infringers’ privacy and enforcement of producers’ copyrights Justice found between protection of infringers’ privacy and enforcement of producers’ copyrights UID: 3035066936 The University of Hong Kong Author Note This paper is prepared for Cyberspace Crime‚ CCST 9029‚ taught by Professor Dr. K. P. Chow and tutored by Raymond Chan. Abstract This study evaluates a 2006 Court of First Instance case‚ Cinepoly Records Co Ltd & Others
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On October 12‚ 1998‚ Congress passed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).It Prohibits the "circumvention" of any effective "technological protection measure" (e.g.‚ a password or form of encryption) used by a copyright holder to restrict access to its material. Expressly states that many valuable activities based on the "fair use" doctrine (including reverse engineering‚ security testing‚ and privacy protection and encryption research) will not constitute illegal "anti-circumvention" According
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PATENT ASSIGNMENT This Patent Assignment (the "Agreement") is made and effective the [Date]. BETWEEN: [ASSIGNOR NAME] (the "Assignor")‚ a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the [STATE/PROVINCE]‚ with its head office located at: AND: [ASSIGNEE NAME] (the "Assignee")‚ a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the [STATE/PROVINCE]‚ with its head office located at: WHEREAS‚ Assignor‚ has invented a certain new and useful invention (the "Invention")
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A23‚ Side 1 af 3 COPYRIGHT VIOLATION AND ILLEGAL DOWNLOADING 1. Give an outline of the attitudes to copyright violation and illegal downloading as presented in text 1 and 3. Peter Sunde describes in text 1 how the internet is being controlled by a corrupt industry. He describes an incident he had with his co-founders for The Pirate Bay (TPB). TPB allows people to share and download music and movies regardless of copyright laws. They were convicted of contributory copyright infringement. But the
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thereof. What is copyright? Copyright is a right given by the law to creators of literary‚ dramatic‚ musical and artistic works and producers of cinematograph films and sound recordings. In fact‚ it is a bundle of rights including‚ inter alia‚ rights of reproduction‚ communication to the public‚ adaptation and translation of the work. There could be slight variations in the composition of the rights depending on the work. Why should copyright be protected? Copyright ensures certain minimum
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Copyright Learning Team Weekly Reflection LAW/421 Learning Team D Weekly Reflection Week three focused on copyright infringement‚ and the legal issues in cyberspace associated with copyright laws. Copyright infringement can be classified into three theories; direct‚ indirect‚ and vicarious. Direct is the most obvious form because the copyright owner can prove legal ownership of the work in question and that the infringer copied the work without permission. A facilitator in indirect theory
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