[Themaintainers] The Right to repair

p.y.georgiadou at utwente.nl p.y.georgiadou at utwente.nl
Mon Oct 29 00:47:17 EDT 2018


https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/10/26/right-repair-advocates-claim-major-victory-new-smartphone-copyright-exemption/?utm_term=.ff44ba1fa596

In a new ruling<https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-10-26/pdf/2018-23241.pdf> that will take effect Sunday, the Librarian of Congress has carved out exemptions that allow people to legally circumvent digital “locks” on devices they own, such as voice assistants, tablets, smartphones and vehicles, to repair them. Motherboard<https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xw9bwd/1201-exemptions-right-to-repair> earlier reported on the ruling.
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