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Shouldn't DMCA shoot this in the head? My right to repair is essentially eliminated when they can completely lockdown the firmware. The second they decide to
by tw04 11y ago
Shouldn't DMCA shoot this in the head? My right to repair is essentially eliminated when they can completely lockdown the firmware. The second they decide to stop releasing updates, I no longer even have the ability to repair.
- bjt 11y agoThe "right to repair" under the DMCA is not freestanding like the rights to free speech or a jury trial. It's an affirmative defense (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirmative_defense https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirmative_defense) to an anti circumvention charge brought under the DMCA. Maybe having such a free standing right would be good policy, but it's not current US law.