Re: FTC defending right-to-repair

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Author: Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
CC: techlists, der.hans
Subject: Re: FTC defending right-to-repair

OOPS!! https://www.youtube.com/user/rossmanngroup

On 2021-05-07 18:28, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> I've watched several of this guy's videos. One of the things he is
> involved in right-to-repair.
>
>
>
> On 2021-05-07 13:07, der.hans via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>> moin moin,
>>
>> "the FTC said manufacturers were, among other things, regularly
>> breaking
>> or stretching warranty law, deliberately designing products that are
>> hard
>> to fix, keeping repair information secret, using patent and trademark
>> law
>> to thwart repair efforts, discouraging independent third-party
>> repairs,
>> and using software to lock out changes"
>>
>> The FTC can't sue companies, so we won't suddenly get past boot loader
>> lockdowns. Still, better for us to have support from the FTC rather
>> than
>> manufacturers and data pipe providers to hide behind the FTC.
>>
>> https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/07/ftc_repair_report/
>>
>> ciao,
>>
>> der.hans
>> --
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