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October 11, 2016 01:11 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/l_fM3nukKRY/the-copyright-office-wants-you.html
The Copyright Office wants your comments on whether it should be illegal to fix your own stuff
Under Section 1201 of the DMCA, a law passed in 1998, people who fix things can be sued (and even jailed!) for violating copyright law, if fixing stuff involves bypassing some kind of copyright lock; this has incentivized manufacturers so that fixing your stuff means breaking this law, allowing them to decide who gets to fix your stuff and how much you have to pay to have it fixed. (more…)
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/l_fM3nukKRY/the-copyright-office-wants-you.html
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