Bibliograph

The right to repair, reclaiming control over the things we own, Aaron Perzanowski, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio

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Label

The right to repair, reclaiming control over the things we own, Aaron Perzanowski, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The right to repair

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Aaron Perzanowski, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio

Sub title

reclaiming control over the things we own

Summary

In recent decades, companies around the world have deployed an arsenal of tools - including IP law, hardware design, software restrictions, pricing strategies, and marketing messages - to prevent consumers from fixing the things they own. While this strategy has enriched companies almost beyond measure, it has taken billions of dollars out of the pockets of consumers and imposed massive environmental costs on the planet. In The Right to Repair, Aaron Perzanowski analyzes the history of repair to show how we've arrived at this moment, when a battle over repair is being waged - largely unnoticed - in courtrooms, legislatures, and administrative agencies. With deft, lucid prose, Perzanowski explains the opaque and complex legal landscape that surrounds the right to repair and shows readers how to fight back

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Why repair matters -- The history of repair -- Breaking repair -- Repair & intellectual property -- Repair & competition -- Repair & consumer protection -- Rebuilding repair

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