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How license "agreements" interfere with the right to repair

Tech Policy Tonight: End User License Agreements

States across America are considering “Right to Repair” legislation that would guarantee your right to choose who fixes your stuff (or to fix it yourself); but they’re fighting stiff headwinds, from the motorcycle makers who claim that fixing your motorcycle should be a crime to Apple, who feel the same way, but about phones.


This video from Public Knowledge highlights the problems for right-to-repair posed by abusive, over-reaching license agreements. (Thanks, Charles!)

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