The popular how-to website has applied for an exemption to the DMCA, which would prevent them from distributing a method to fix McDonald's ice cream machines.
McDonald’s and the U.S. government, the website says that they can
develop a device like the Kytch that could translate the machine’s error codes into a more readable format. Except that would be illegal, according to iFixi t’s right-to-repair expert Elizabeth Chamberlain, who cites the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, which has shafted consumers of . Chamberlain announced that they have applied for an exemption to circumvent the DMCA while also asking Congress to amend the law so the company can distribute itsMcDonald’s did not immediately return Gizmodo’s request for comment.
While McDonald’s broken ice cream machines are merely an inconvenience for some, they’re indicative of amovement seeks to reign in tech company monopolies on the repair of their products by allowing third parties to develop relevant repair equipment or by getting the company itself to release instructions or tools to the public. Currently,
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