Blaming iPods for causing hearing damage is as intelligent as blaming Starbucks for leaving coffee stains on your teeth. No one forces anyone to stick earbuds into his/her ears. But some will try to regulate any business that takes off.

France, has set a 100 decibel limot on Mp3 players.

But calling iPods ‘inherently defective’ for delivering 115 decibels? C’mon! The lawsuit was filed by a man in San Jose, California.

If you look at the back of your computer keyboard you will notice a warning about ‘improper or prolonged use’ of the keyboard that may cause injuries. Obviously a result of lawsuits filed when Carpal Tunnel Syndrome came to lawyers’ attention. How useful is that? I bet you 90% of people who use a PC haven’t seen the warning!  While we are at it, why not force book publishers to carry a warning that the pages inside could give you papercuts?