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  • The U.S. Just Got the Right to Repair — in Theory

    The U.S. Just Got the Right to Repair — in Theory

    The people can now repair and tinker with their own devices under copyright law. The US Copyright Office (USCO) submitted recommendations, approved today by the Librarian of Congress, to add exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)’s rules governing access to devices and software. (This section.) The big one is the new right to…