Aaron C. de Bruyn via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>:
On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 12:41 PM, <bzs@theworld.com> wrote:
Assuming these manufacturers who are culpable carry product liability insurance go to their insurance companies and explain the situation.
Cheaper solution: Start a company, build crappy firmware, carry product liability insurance, release the product, immediately sell millions of units to various vendors that 'rebrand' your product. Close your business / go out of business. Wait for lawsuits to roll in after the business has been shut down.
-A
For anyone who thinks this is a hypothetical, the market for consumer-grade GPSes already works this way -- though, not for liability reasons in quite the same sense. The issue in GPS-land is blocking patents and other IP. Fly-by-night GPS vendors with 60-to-90-day life cycles keep a lot of Shenzhen shops busy. -- <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>