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U.S. court grants McDonald’s right to fix broken ice cream machines

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McDonald’s franchises haven’t been able to fix the soft serve ice cream machines on their own because manufacturing company Taylor owns the copyright and exclusive rights to fix them.

The United States Copyright Office granted a copyright exemption last week that gives restaurants the “right to repair” the machines by bypassing the digital locks that prevented them from being fixed.

The exemption, which goes into effect Monday , was requested by advocacy group Public Knowledge and repairs website iFixIt .

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59

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53

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47

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semi-formal

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English

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63

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