Exemption for Third-Party Ice Cream Repairs

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McDonald's restaurants can finally repair their own McFlurry machines

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McDonald ’s soft serve ice cream machines have a digital lock and makes it illegal for anyone to bypass the lock on a copyrighted work even if no copyright infringement occurs.

Only the original manufacturer of the machine can repair a copyrighted device with a lock.

The exemption overrules the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

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