News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on U.S. Farmers Are Being Bled by the Tractor Monopoly. Parent comment

Re:U.S. Farmers Are Being Bled by the Tractor Monopoly by C1sc0cat on Monday May 13, 2019 @12:25PM (#19900866)
I would have suspected that the US and other countries had old laws that could dusted off and take over JD if it was impacting Critical infrastructure.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:U.S. Farmers Are Being Bled by the Tractor Monopoly by nerdponx on Monday May 13, 2019 @12:49PM (#19901134)
I think I prefer right-to-repair laws compared to a government takeover of John Deere.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:U.S. Farmers Are Being Bled by the Tractor Monopoly by openfuture on Monday May 13, 2019 @01:00PM (#19901250)
The US isn't old enough to have old laws.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:U.S. Farmers Are Being Bled by the Tractor Monopoly by howard941 on Monday May 13, 2019 @01:17PM (#19901425)
That's why many states expressly import the common law from Old Blighty as they existed on independence day, Louisiana's civilian law preferences excepted. My own state's example discussed at https://www.floridasupremecourt.org/About-the-Court/History-...
[ Parent | on HN ]