[AT] OT modern computer controlls

[Mike M]

Copyright?? Wow that's a stretch. So if your equipment goes down, you 
are at the mercy of the dealership as to when and how it gets fixed? I 
see a boom in used machinery.

Mike M


On 3/22/2017 2:20 PM, Don wrote:
> I read this morning that John Deere is going after some eastern European
> hackers who are distributing hacked software to allow users to fix their
> own tractors.   The article indicated that if someone other than the
> dealer were to replace say a transmission it is necessary to call out a
> John Deere tech for several hundred dollars to spend a couple of minutes
> with a computer to make things work.  Many companies such as John Deere
> and GM are hiding under the DCMA to prevent users from repairing their
> own equipment.
>
> John Deere and many others are fighting "Right to Repair" laws all over
> the country.  These laws would require manufacturers such as John Deere,
> Sony, Apple to provide tools, parts, and documentation to allow people
> to repair their own equipment.boom
>
>


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