The "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/

The "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.