Accommodating the Needs of iConsumers: Making Sure They Get Their Money’s Worth of Digital Entertainment

Authors

Lucie Guibault, Dalhousie University Schulich School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2008

Keywords

iConsumers, Digital Entertainment, Copyright Information, European Law

Abstract

The current methods of distributing music and film on the mass-market, either off-line or on-line, raise two types of consumer protection issues. First, consumers are not always in a position to know what they can and cannot do with their digital hardware and content. A lack of proper information and the ensuing failure of the products to meet the consumer’s expectations inevitably leads to discontent. In addition, as weaker party in the transaction, consumers have often no other choice but to accept or refuse the restrictive terms of use, even if these could be regarded as unfair. This paper examines whether European law is amenable to accommodate the iConsumer’s needs, and if so, in what form.

Comments

Open Access This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0), which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10603-008-9080-7

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Recommended Citation

Lucie Guibault, "Accommodating the Needs of Iconsumers: Making Sure They Get Their Money’s Worth of Digital Entertainment" (2008) 31:4 J Consumer Policy 409.