You do not have the right to repair your own belongings because of intellectual property rights granted to corporations by Congress in 1998. In this episode, listen to the debate happening in Congress about if and how they should grant customers the right to repair and get a status update on the multiple efforts under way in the current Congress, including one with a good chance of becoming law. Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Contribute monthly or a lump sum via PayPalSupport Congressional Dish via Patreon (donations per episode)Send Zelle payments to: Donation@congressionaldish.comSend Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-BrineySend Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or Donation@congressionaldish.comUse your bank’s online bill pay function to mail contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North, Number 4576, Crestview, FL 32536. Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! View the show notes on our website at https://congressionaldish.com/cd300-right-to-repair Background Sources Recommended Congressional Dish Episodes CD269: NDAA 2023/Plan Ecuador McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines “McDonald’s Ice Cream Machine Hackers Say They Found the ‘Smoking Gun’ That Killed Their Startup.” Andy Greenberg. December 14, 2023. Wired. “McDonald's Broken Ice Cream Machines Lead to ‘Right to Repair’ Lawsuit.” Joseph Fawbush. March 29, 2022. FindLaw. John Deere “How John Deere Hijacked Copyright Law To Keep You From Tinkering With Your Tractor.” Luke Hogg. January 8, 2024. Reason. Internet of Things Updates and Maintenance “Old devices, new dangers: The risks of unsupported IoT tech.” Márk Szabó. August 27, 2024. WeLiveSecurity. Massachusetts Auto Repair Law “Motor Vehicle Telematics System Notice Requirement.” Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General. DoD’s Revolving Door “Featured Revolver: Lloyd Austin.” OpenSecrets. “Revolving Door: Mark Esper.” OpenSecrets. “Boeing executive out, Raytheon lobbyist in to lead Pentagon.” Karl Evers-Hillstrom and Reid Champlin. June 18, 2019. OpenSecrets. “Revolving Door: James Mattis.” OpenSecrets. “General Dynamics Corp Board Member James N. Mattis.” Salary.com. Military Right to Repair Issues “The U.S. Military Has a 'Right to Repair' Problem.” Kyle Mizokami. February 11, 2020. Popular Mechanics. “Even The American Military Is Struggling With Right-To-Repair.” Max Finkel. February 8, 2020. Jalopnik. “Here’s One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment.” Elle Ekman. November 20, 2019. The New York Times. “Letter to the FTC Chairman: Military Acquisition, Procurement, and the Right to Repair.” Lucas Kunce and Elle Ekman. September 15, 2019. Technological Protection Measures (TPMs) “Technological Protection Measures (TPM) - Fact Sheet.” Jennifer Zerkee. November 8, 2023. Simon Fraser University. Cyber Risks “Web Hackers vs. The Auto Industry: Critical Vulnerabilities in Ferrari, BMW, Rolls Royce, Porsche, and More.” Sam Curry et al. January 3, 2023. samcurry.net. Apple Lawsuit “Apple, Corellium settle iOS virtualization case.” Brandon Vigliarolo. December 18, 2023. The Register. NDAA Sec. 828 “Appliance and Tractor Companies Lobby Against Giving the Military the Right to Repair.” Jason Koebler. August 28, 2024. 404 Media. “Letter to Sen. Jack Reed, Sen. Roger Wicker, Rep. Mike Rogers, and Rep. Adam Smith.” AdvaMed et al. July 30, 2024. DocumentCloud via 404 Media. Laws Section 1201 of Digital Millennium Copyright Act Full DMCA Electronic Frontier Foundation Summary Bills S.4638 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 Sec. 828 : REQUIREMENT FOR CONTRACTORS TO PROVIDE REASONABLE ACCESS TO REPAIR MATERIALS. H.R.1707 - SMART Act Fair Repair Act House Version: H.R.8544Senate Version: S.4422 H.R.906 - REPAIR Act H.R.6879 - Farm Freedom to Repair Act H.R.6566 - Freedom to Repair Act of 2022 Audio Sources To receive testimony on the posture of the Department of the Navy in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2025 and the Future Years Defense Program May 16, 2024 Senate Armed Services Committee Witnesses: Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the Navy Clip Watch clip on YouTube Sen. Elizabeth Warren: So the Navy acquires everything from night vision goggles to aircraft carriers through contracts with big defense contractors, but the contractors often place restrictions on these deals that prevent service members from maintaining or repairing the equipment, or even let them write a training manual without going back through the contractor. Now the contractors say that since they own the intellectual property and the technical data underlying the equipment, only they have the right to repair that equipment. These right to repair restrictions usually translate into much higher costs for DOD, which has no choice but to shovel money out to big contractors whenever DOD needs ...
