Subject: Re: Helping Apple get iPod hearing protection right From: lazzaro <lazzaro@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 11:04:36 -0800On Mar 29, 2006, at 11:36 PM, Toth Laszlo wrote: >> Apple released a software update >> today for iPods, that lets users set a >> maximum dB level for the device, and >> lets parents lockdown the maximum dB level >> of their children's iPod with a combination >> lock. > > I know it's not "auditory", but the legal considerations really sound > interesting to me. Do parents have the right to do that in a > country like > the USA?? I am neither a lawyer or a parent, and thereby unqualified to answer :-). So I leave this question for someone who is at least one of those :-). Probably best handled by direct replies to Toth, its the sort of topic that could take on a multi-week life of its own if discussed on-list. --- John Lazzaro http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~lazzaro lazzaro [at] cs [dot] berkeley [dot] edu ---