Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬 on Nostr: The #FTC and #DOJ think #McDonald’s #icecream machines should be legal to fix FTC ...
The #FTC and #DOJ think #McDonald’s #icecream machines should be legal to fix
FTC and DOJ are asking the #CopyrightOffice to go a step further, extending the right to repair to “commercial and industrial equipment.” The comment singles out four distinct categories that would benefit from #DMCA exemptions: commercial soft serve machines; proprietary diagnostic kits; programmable logic controllers; and enterprise IT.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/14/24101023/ftc-doj-comment-dmca-ifixit-ice-cream-machines #righttorepair
FTC and DOJ are asking the #CopyrightOffice to go a step further, extending the right to repair to “commercial and industrial equipment.” The comment singles out four distinct categories that would benefit from #DMCA exemptions: commercial soft serve machines; proprietary diagnostic kits; programmable logic controllers; and enterprise IT.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/14/24101023/ftc-doj-comment-dmca-ifixit-ice-cream-machines #righttorepair