If the books falls apart not from regular wear and tear but from a manufacturing defect that gives it a far shorter life than expected/advertised - then likely yes.
And would anyone have paid the extra money for a 20+ year warranty for some DVDs? Absolutely not.
> > Apparantly most releases from Warner Bros on HD-DVD have laser rot. I have many titles that just freeze in the middle of the movie. I thought it was a problem with my player, but I read on other forums that this is a manufacturing fault from the discs...
https://forum.lddb.com/viewtopic.php?p=10181&sid=5039399ce60...
https://forum.lddb.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=840
Or in 2015, where some forum users narrow down the year range and manufacturing code:
> > It seems like the problematic discs were produced from 2006 to 2009 or so. I haven't found any DVDs from before or after those dates that exhibit these problems (even the original DVDs I bought in December of 2000 still look and play perfectly).
https://nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=20399&sid=3238...
If you buy a monitor and it fails after a week of use, should you be SOL? If the failure is due to a manufacturing defect, and not the user's treatment of the product or just the expected lifespan of that product class, consumer protection laws should protect the consumer.
30 years later, still sticks with me.