mmc@CXA.DARESBURY.AC.UK (Martin McCarthy) (02/22/90)
21329KAD@MSU.BITNET writes > I haven't seen any information yet on whether or not Australia and > the European countries the AIDS disk showed up in have laws that > protect consumers from unordered merchandise. I don't know about any other countries, but certainly in Britain if you receive goods that you have not requested, they automatically become your property. No one has the right to send something through the post and expect to receive anything in return, whether or not the recipient makes use of it, whether or not there is a note attached saying "send me $xxx or I will scrap your hard disk". Someone in Sydney may have to pay you for your dog hair, but rest assured that no-one in Britain need do so. And if you send me exploding dog hair, I'll fight for your extradition :-). Martin McCarthy. JANET: mmc@uk.ac.dl.cxa | Sci. & Eng. Resrch. Cncl. Internet: mmc%cxa.dl.ac.uk | Daresbury Laboratory EARN/BITNET: mmc%cxa.dl.ac.uk@UKACRL | Daresbury UUCP: mmc%cxa.dl.ac.uk@ukc.uucp | Warrington WA4 4AD Ean: mmc%cxa.dl.ac.uk@ean-relay.ac.uk | England