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Federal regulators want to fix McDonald's broken ice cream machines, and they're asking to expand right-to-repair laws to address the issue. In a letter to the U.S. Copyright Office on Thursday, regulators asked for commercial soft-serve machines to be exempt from current laws making them difficult to repair. The laws also make it more difficult for you to get a McFlurry.
"In the Agencies' view, renewing and expanding repair-related exemptions would promote competition in markets for replacement parts, repair, and maintenance services," said the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission in a joint letter.
The McDonald's broken ice cream machines have found themselves at the center of the right-to-repair movement. The reason McDonald's ice cream machines are always down is because of copyright law. Only technicians licensed by the company that made the device are allowed to touch the machines, and they charge over $300 for a 15-minute servicing, according to the letter. The DOJ and the FTC identified commercial soft-serve machines as one of four device categories that would benefit from an easing of copyright laws.
(Score: 1) by Runaway1956 on Friday July 05 2024, @02:03PM (3 children)
That is what I have told you, in emails, and elsewhere. Stop policing me.
“I have become friends with many school shooters” - Tampon Tim Walz
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday July 06 2024, @01:24AM (2 children)
Will you just shut the fuck up and take your L like a big boy? It's not the end of the world.
Maybe, and I know this is asking the impossible, sit down and do some self-reflection. Ask yourself "am I, Runaway1956, so vile that the administrator of a site created around free speech uber alles sees the need to publicly humiliate me? And if so, what can I do to improve?" Yeah, probably not happening but a girl can dream right...?
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Saturday July 06 2024, @11:57AM (1 child)
One word: no.
Free speech uber alles is history, ask jan. What happened to AC posting? And, no, I don't need to "improve", so you just keep dreaming. Don't you have a queer pride to attend? Don't you want to watch naked men prancing among the children, with their junk hanging at eyeball height of the children? Just look at this little girl committing a hate crime against queers https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/heartbreaking-photo-young-girl-covers-her-eyes-as-nude-men-walk-past-during [lifesitenews.com]
“I have become friends with many school shooters” - Tampon Tim Walz
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday July 06 2024, @11:11PM
I've actually never been to any sort of Pride event and find the entire concept baffling. It seems like a stupid idea to make people think you're any more bizarre than they already do, but what do I know...?
That said, what does that have to do with Jan giving you a well-deserved public spanking and you whining and crying like a spoiled little toddler about it? The more you bitch, the worse it's gonna sting, bottom boy :D
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...