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June 20, 2018

Do You Have a Right To Repair Your Phone? The Fight Between Big Tech and Consumers

Filed under: Business, Law, Liberty, Technology — Tags: , , , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

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Published on 18 Jun 2018

Eric Lundgren got 15 months in prison for selling pirated Microsoft software that the tech giant gives away for free. His case cuts to the heart of a major battle going on in the tech industry today: Companies are trying to preserve aspects of U.S. copyright law that give them enormous power over the products we own.

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