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Re:Farmers are hacking their tractors because of a repair ba... by stronghands on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @08:09AM (#22483415)
Is there a specific piece of legislation to target? To get legal process need to have the people who’ve suffered damage be the claimants. I wonder if these farmers agree to arbitration instead of bringing a court case.
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Re:Farmers are hacking their tractors because of a repair ba... by rtkwe on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @10:37AM (#22484615)
Look and see if there's any Right to Repair legislation on the docket for your local area, the naming is pretty consistent across the US right now.
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Re:Farmers are hacking their tractors because of a repair ba... by Nasrudith on Thursday March 05, 2020 @09:27AM (#22493723)
The anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA are the root cause as a special interest bill got abused even worse.

There is no sane reason to use government enforcement to stop people from tinkering with what they own. The only legitimate reason is an end state that is illegal for good reasons like removing a catalytic converter.

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