Signs exempted pricing details or provide the Windows license before you buy

As regards tying, the decision Darty have been of short duration. We return in more detail on the decision of the Court of Appeal of Paris which was already discussed by the AFP and our colleagues 01net including: Darty in this decision has been provided to separate the price of hardware and software but also to forward the Windows license before you buy.
The UFC-Que Choisir was assigned in 2006 a store Darty, one of the markets for illegal tying. A bailiff to support the association showed "we can not buy a computer without software, and only the total price was given. On June 24, 2008, the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris issued a decision in fact a semi-failure or a semi-victory, depending on the direction of reading.

Tying apologized to the TGI

On the one hand, the court found that selling a PC with the provision imposed a software license was good tying. However, judges excused at the same time the possible infringement of the rights of consumers: "the replacement software from another is a particularly delicate task (...) out of the reach of the average consumer (...) demand for products "naked" so far being confidential. As we said, the court has been very sensitive to a report produced by Darty in which one expert concluded that "installing Linux on a computer meeting the current expectations of consumers is out of reach for them." Also, uninstalling software can compromise the stability of the machine, said the office expert. A breach excused, a blow to the UFC Que Choisir and opponents of the famous racketiciels.