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</div><div><p style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">the right-to-repair movement has been arguing that major companies have monopolized repair services, putting consumers at a disadvantage. Supporters of the movement have been pushing various bills designed to challenge repair monopolies, and lobbyists for companies ranging from Apple to Microsoft to automakers have been lobbying against the bills.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">But <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2023/04/14/28-state-ags-urge-congress-to-pass-stalled-right-to-repair-bills/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">according to TechDirt</a>, a "bipartisan coalition of 28 state attorneys general" has sent a letter to members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee urging them to take "action on stalled right-to-repair bills."</span></p><div id="story_page_incontent_p2_target" style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-5155643920455169" data-ad-slot="6339868799" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 20px; display: block;" /></div><p style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>The bills are the SMART Act, the Fair Repair Act and the REPAIR Act. The SMART Act, </b><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2023/04/14/28-state-ags-urge-congress-to-pass-stalled-right-to-repair-bills/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">according to TechDirt’s Karl Bode</a>, "</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">would allow repair shops to use alternative or off-brand parts to repair vehicles" — while the Fair Repair Act "would require manufacturers to make certain tools and documents available to independent repair providers and owners." And the REPAIR Act, Bode notes, "would prevent manufacturers from mandating specific brands of parts and equipment be used on a vehicle."</span></p><p style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong>READ MORE: </strong><strong><a href="https://www.alternet.org/america-third-world/" target="self" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">Have you noticed America is looking like a third world nation?</a></strong></p><p style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2023/04/14/28-state-ags-urge-congress-to-pass-stalled-right-to-repair-bills/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">According to Bode</a>, "Lobbyists have increasingly fired up their attacks on such proposals, usually by falsely claiming that cracking down on these companies' attempted repair monopolies would create all manner of privacy and security risks for U.S. consumers…. As usual, a coalition of companies keen on monopolizing repair <b>— John Deere, Apple, Verizon, Microsoft, U.S. automakers, U.S. medical equipment makers </b>— have worked tirelessly to ensure any federal legislative solution remains sidelined, despite widespread, bipartisan support for such measures. Polls consistently show public support for reform ranging anywhere from 75 to 95 percent."</span></p><p style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">READ MORE: <a href="https://www.alternet.org/cannot-continue-bernie-sanders-deregulations/" target="self" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">'Cannot continue': Bernie Sanders demands repeal of Trump-era bank deregulations</a></p><p style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Read TechDirt’s <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2023/04/14/28-state-ags-urge-congress-to-pass-stalled-right-to-repair-bills/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">full article at this link</a>.</p><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">aha 619 sparked by occupy sandy</font><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">as <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><a href="https://boingboing.net/2018/09/11/tenant-farmers-2.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">wrote last week</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, the California Farm Bureau (which lobbies for the state's farmers) struck a deal to gut the state's Right to Repair legislation, a move that will cost farmers their right to fix their own tractors and other heavy equipment.</span></font></div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span id="more-663191" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /></span></font><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Kyle Wiens from iFixit and the Repair Coalition and Elizabeth Chamberlain have the detailed story in Wired, explaining how the Farm Bureau spun the story to make it look like they'd gotten John Deere to make a bunch of concessions, when in reality Deere had <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">already</em> made those concessions, nationwide.</font></p><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; border-left: 4px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding-left: 1em; margin: 1em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Where California farmers go, the rest of America follows—and in this case, that’s dangerous. The state produces more food by far than any other in the nation, accounting for two-thirds of all US-grown fruit and nuts. By agreeing to the spurious distinction between “repair” and “modification,” the California Farm Bureau just made the EFF’s job a lot harder. Instead of presenting a unified right-to-repair front, this milquetoast agreement muddies the conversation. More worryingly, it could cement a cultural precedent for electronics manufacturers who want to block third-party repair technicians from accessing a device’s software.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">As a nation of repair advocates, we need to reject toothless deals like this. We must define right to repair in a way that supports the needs of individuals and small growers, not the bottom line of enormous corporations.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">This deal is no right-to-repair victory. Don’t let John Deere—or the California Farm Bureau—call it one. Real progress isn’t going to come until a state passes real Right to Repair legislation. And momentum is building. Twenty states, including Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska, considered bills this year. Although none have passed yet, John Deere is clearly feeling the heat.</font></p></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/john-deere-farmers-right-to-repair/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">John Deere Just Cost Farmers Their Right to Repair</a> [Kyle Wiens and Elizabeth Chamberlain/Wired]</font></p><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Corporate “repair prevention” schemes steal the right to fix our own belongings</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> June 16, 2017</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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