Screen Fading on Macbook Pro just over a year old

My screen is fading around the edges and a line across the middle of the screen as if the coating is wearing off.
I have done nothing but take car of my mac. NO Chemicals no rubbing just a light dusting every now and again with micro fibre cloth I actually got from Apple.
I first noticed it after only 6 months of having the mac but just thought it was some grease and didn't bother. (Im not an obsessive cleaner haha). but recently when I came to give the mac a spring clean it was the screen itself. Gutted as now I'm out of warrantee.
Surely the screen should last at least a few years..
What can I do ? I believe this is a manufacturing fault.

Just ask; if you purchased it from an Apple store or re-seller, they would usually oblige. If you purchased it on line you could backtrack on your emails of the approximate date (One use for Time Machine) for they would have sent you a receipt.

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jmckl,
if your MacBook Pro is a 15-inch Mid 2010 model (“MacBookPro6,2”), then it might be exhibiting the defect that is documented on this Apple Support page. If your black screen is due to this defect, then that page states that Apple will service this problem on this specific model of MacBook Pro gratis, for three years from the date of purchase. However, some commenters here have noted that sometimes the servicing is done gratis without having proof of the date of purchase. If you have an Apple Store near you, you might consider bringing your MacBook Pro there to have them check for the presence of this defect.
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