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US Copyright Office granted an exemption allowing third parties to diagnose and repair commercial equipment — including the ones that make your McFlurries.

The decision is part of the Copyright Office’s final rule granting exemptions to Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). This exemption-making process happens every three years and is supposed to ensure that the DMCA doesn’t negatively impact people trying to use copyrighted material.

Worth nothing that DMCA exceptions are reviewed on the same 3 year cycle and are frequently revoked. So if you're a McD ice cream fan, enjoy it while you can.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 week ago

Absolutely deranged headline in a whacky world.

Great to hear though.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Another small win for Right to Repair. While this specific instance isn't far-reaching, it is part of an overall trend that is increasingly favoring the consumer and small businesses.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Yeah, as an electrician it's nice to see. Means more work for us and happier customers for them.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wasn't there a guy with a tool to diagnose and fix before this? Is this win only going through because ifixit is another corpo wanting some of the money?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The machines were exposed as designed to break specifically so they had to be paid to fix them all.

Then someone sued someone ten years ago And now they can legally fix them in house.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I'm just hoping the original guy gets somerjing from all this.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

There's a great video about this whole stupid ordeal. If you haven't seen it, check it out.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago