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22 Tul. J. Tech. & Intell. Prop. 165 (2020)
The Right to Repair and the Corporate Stranglehold over the Consumer: Profits over People

handle is hein.journals/tuljtip22 and id is 173 raw text is: The Right to Repair and the Corporate Stranglehold over the Consumer: Profits over People S. Kyle Montello* I. INTRODUCTION .............................................. 165 A. John Deere's War on Sustainable Farming ..... ..... 169 B. Apple Inc., v. Henrik Huseby............ ........ 172 H. OPPONENTS REASONING AGAINST RIGHT TO REPAIR....... ..... 174 III. PROPONENTS REASONING FOR RIGHT TO REPAIR .......... ...... 177 IV. THE FUTURE OF RIGHT TO REPAIR. .............. ............... 183 I. INTRODUCTION Today, just about everything you own has a computer chip in it.' Cars, televisions, coffee makers, refrigerators, and printer ink cartridges are all embedded with computers and software.2 Without that software, these products would not function.' With the addition of these embedded computers and software, it is now more difficult for individuals to repair their products.' However, this difficulty does not arise from any inherent complexities within the product itself but rather because the manufacturers of these products do not want you tinkering with their * © 2020 S. Kyle Montello. Managing Editor, Tulane Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property, Volume 22, J.D./M.B.A. candidate 2021, Tulane University; B.B.A. 2013, Finance, Loyola University of New Orleans. The author would like to thank his friends and family, in particular his mother Kim and his sister Leah, for their support. Additionally, the author would like to thank the members of the Tulane Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property for their hard work and dedication. 1. Kyle Wiens, You Bought That Gadget, and Dammit, You Should Be Able to Fix It, WIRED (Mar. 22, 2017, 6:30 AM), http://www.wired.com/2017/03/right-to-repair-laws/. 2. Id; Jason Koebler, Appliance Companies are Lobbying to Protect Their DRM-Fueled Repair Monopolies, MOTHERBOARD (Apr. 25, 2018, 8:00 AM), http://motherboard.vice.com/en_ us/article/vbxk3b/appliance-companies-are-lobbying-against-right-to-repair; Corynne McSherry, Want More Competition in Tech? Get Rid of Outdated Computer, Copyright, and Contract Rules, ELECTRONiC FRONTIER FOuND. (Dec. 20, 2018), http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/12/want- more-competition-tech-get-rid-outdated-computer-copyright-and-contract-rules. 3. Kyle Wiens & Gay Gordon-Byrne, Why We Must Fight for the Right to Repair Our Electronics, IEEE SPECTRUM (Oct. 24, 2017, 3:00 PM), http://spectrum.ieee.org/green-tech/ conservation/why-we-must-fight-for-the-right-to-repair-our-electronics. 4. Id. 165

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