Bob Urz hath wroth:

So all those flaming Dell computers with legit batteries have protected
who from whom?

With all due respect, that's a rather nonsensical question. Flaming
batteries don't protect anyone and you know it. Could you rephrase
your question so that it might be answerable?

Maybe the after market ones would have been safer!

Pay your money and take your chances. Caveat Emptor. Personally,
I've had good luck with aftermarket cell phone and laptop batteries.
I've had no fires and have no knowledge of anyone that has had a fire
(that wasn't intentional). Whether my next battery will be OEM or
aftermarket largely depends on whether I get some improved fire safety
assurances, and of course, the price.

Its all about Money, not safety.

Yep, it's all about money. Sony is expected to bear the $250 million
cost of the recall. Including loss of revenue from OEM's, I think
that's conservative. Now, who do you think is inevitably going to pay
for the $250 million loss?

Incidentally, battery safety standards are next on agenda for various
standards manufacturers:
http://www.ansi.org/news_publications/news_story.aspx?menuid=7&articleid=1376&source=wha tsnew120506
Methinks this might help.

I believe it was lexmark that got sued and lost for the printer fiasco.
http://copyfight.corante.com/archive...ingement.ph p
Bob

Nope. Lexmark sued SCC for reverse engineering their copy protection
chip inside their toner cartridges. Lexmark tried to use the DMCA to
protect their design on the basis of copyright. The lower courts
agreed with Lexmark. The 6th District Court of Appeals did not agree.
The 32 page decision is difficult reading, but rather interesting.
http://lawgeek.typepad.com/04a0364p-06.pdf
More on the case:
http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/Lexmark_v_Static_Control/


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