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Nothing DRMs Like a Deere: Why Farmers Can't Fix Their Own Tractors
// MakeUseOf.com
John Deere, manufacturer of some of the world's most popular tractors and farming equipment, recently submitted a letter to the U.S. Copyright Office asking it to forbid its customers from modifying the software that operates its machines. The implications here are huge: because of copyright laws, farmers cannot diagnose problems or make repairs on their own tractors. But what do copyright laws have to do with repairing tractors? Let's ask John Deere. Deere: You Don't Own That Tractor — You Just License It Six pages into John Deere's letter to the Copyright Office, the company makes a jarring statement about ownership: […] the...
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