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gredinger

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8. Right to Repair

Reply to defacto7 (Reply #7)

Sat Feb 29, 2020, 12:27 PM

Feb 2020

https://www.wired.com/story/john-deere-farmers-right-to-repair/

This was the story that convinced me. There were several court cases about jailbreaking iPhones back in the day too which is where I took my original stance of "where if you own it, its yours regardless of software locks".

We're starting to see software locks becoming more and more common. If it starts to become illegal to pick your own locks, we're going down a dangerous path.

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Intellectual Property Reform. [View all] gredinger Feb 2020 OP

... handmade34 Feb 2020 #1

Wow... gredinger Feb 2020 #2

yup handmade34 Feb 2020 #3

It's also insanely important to small, individual creators. progressoid Feb 2020 #9

It was even nicknamed the "Mickey Mouse Protection Act" JHB Feb 2020 #11

I agree that intellectual property rights are manipulated. defacto7 Feb 2020 #4

Right to Repair gredinger Feb 2020 #6

Right to Repair. I'll have to look it up. defacto7 Feb 2020 #7

Right to Repair gredinger Feb 2020 #8

Agree, agree, agree... defacto7 Feb 2020 #10

If you have a copy, I think you can SHARE it with family and friends. But, if caught, you can't SELL Hoyt Feb 2020 #5