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July 20, 2016 09:38 am PDT
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Modern Farmer on how the DMCA takes away farmers' rights over their tractors
In spring, 2015, American farmers started to spread the word that John Deere claimed that a notorious copyright law gave the company exclusive dominion over repairs to Deere farm-equipment, making it a felony (punishable by 5 years in prison and a $500K fine for a first offense) to fix your own tractor. (more…)
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