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This becomes more troublesome when modification of the device is made illegal. Forced obsolescence with legal lockout when attempting to "repair" the device. P
by ffk 11y ago
This becomes more troublesome when modification of the device is made illegal. Forced obsolescence with legal lockout when attempting to "repair" the device.
Perhaps we should call obsolescence over time as the market changes as natural obsolescence?
- asift 11y ago>This becomes more troublesome when modification of the device is made illegal Is this just a theoretical consideration or is there good reason to believe legislation is moving in this direction?
- jdmichal 11y agoIt already has. This is why DMCA exemptions [1] exist. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act#Anti-circumvention_exemptions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_A...