Documents on shorter product-lives, what are the reasons: planned or premature obsolescence? loss of ownership control through the IoT?

1) Walter R. Stahel interviewing economic and academic leaders of the circular economy at the PLATE 2017 Conference (Product Lifetimes And The Environment) at TU Delft, 8 – 10 November 2017, on planned or premature obsolescence:

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and take care to repair – the right to repair? (go forward to the beginning of the session)

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2) Legal action on planned obsolescence (Kartellverdacht) by Sepp Eisenriegler, RUST Vienna, through lawyers’ office Höhne in der Mauer and Partners, Vienna, Autriche, addressed to DG G – cartels of the European Commission, Brussels:

3) Legal action on planned obsolescence by HOP (Halte à l’ obsolescence programmée), Paris, France, under French law :

Obsolescence programmée : qu’attendre de la première plainte déposée en France ?

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4) The Internet of Things as a new tool for product-life abortion

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5) Apple blocking iPhones and Tablets to prevent reuse: “Lieber in den Sondermüll”, violating the ownership rights of the owners (or finder-keepers) of the iPhones as well as the EU Eco-design directive (source: Der Beobachter, January 2016) (accessed December 2016)