McFlurry Machines get a DMCA Exemption! (Copyright Triennial Rulemaking)

Public Knowledge and iFixit have won a great victory in the fight for the #right-to-repair McDonald's #McFlurry machines and other retail food preparation equipment. The #Copyright Register had previously failed to exempt the right to bypass the DMCA's Technological Protection Measures (TPMs) which block access to diagnostics, maintenance, and repairs of many modern appliances. Join the Lawful Masses community on Discord! https://discord.gg/cUqVPzQFub Lawful Masses is 100% community-supported! Thanks for all of your help! Please consider supporting on Patreon.com/ljfrench, through YouTube membership, Floatplane subscription, or Twitch membership. October 2024 supporters: "Counselor" Level: Eevi, Ugly Grill, TechTechPotato, The Blood Soaked Survivors, Kyle Siefring "Advocate" Level: Arron Washington, Keith Marrocco, Josué Vicioso, Brian Flowers, Meaningless, playceholder, John Swanson, matthew beller, Aethero Toland, Schi-Schi, admalledd, tdis8629, Kreachers, Dawn Massaro Guy, Guy Chapman, Rudolph Bescherer Jr, Firstname Mclastname, JH, Cindy Campbell, Mark Randall, Ian McDonald, Marcus Agehall, Jonathan Robillard, Amanda Gillies, Justin Waddell, Tony Cruickshank, Stefan Persson, Alexander Sihn, Andrew Reid, Gregory Ford, Brody Eastwood, Dzyan, Chris Lindsay, TEEKAY, Rico Robbins, Kai Raphahn, Andrew "FastLizard4" Adams, David Zaslavsky, Jessica Pearson, Kean, AniLunchbox, Daniel Ducharme, Ph.D., Brian, Jack Draak, Scott F. Comstock, James Melanson, Alan Nise, The Disturbed Angel, eyebrows360, Raindrop Works, Chris Hilliard, Jason Glaesemann, Eric Barker, Gef the Mongoose, Lawrence Groupe, Michael, DrakeDT, Katmandu573, Andrew Venier, Bill Tonnies, Rabid Ronin, Thomas Dinsdale-Young, DrJKL, varia, cwestpha, Bill Somerville, Mike Dunford, Peter Huston, Evan Davis, Michael Stokes-Byrne, Jorge Vittes, Nate Gray, Tymorus, Violet Bosveld, Bryan Lubeck, Alisdair Meredith, Ivan Chepurnyi, Kris Hetzel, Christina B, Jennifer and David Brock, Blueberry Hill, Andrew, TheAmazingDave, Rita Loy, arkiandruski, crystalvala, Michael Kunze, Guy Chapman, Bee Geiger, lol3145, fekigin353, Michael White 00:00 - Intro 03:33 - The Oct 2024 DMCA Exemption Rulemaking 04:54 - The McFlurry Exemption 06:07 - Examples of Oppressive TPMs 09:43 - Fair Use Arguments 14:22 - Opponents' Arguments 15:15 - The Final Rule 15:46 - Leonard Thoughts