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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[-] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 13 points 2 weeks ago

As long as they dont use it to pass liabilities to foss developers.

[-] misk@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Nobody bears responsibility outside commercial activity because why would they? They’re not selling anything and this is about being liable for stuff you sell, like literally everything else.

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