Right to Repair News

PIRG Survey Illustrates Need for Medical Right to Repair

In the middle of a pandemic, you’d think that medical device manufacturers would do whatever they can to ensure their life-saving devices keep working properly. I mean, who wants to…

Welcome to DRM Water: GE’s Dumb Money Grab

Note: Since this post was originally published, the GE FILTERGATE site has gone down. An archived version of the site shows an addendum/correction in which the author notes that “the…

Why It’s Easier to Make a Ventilator than Fix One (and Why That Stinks)

A loud, clear call rang out in the early days of the novel coronavirus. American manufacturers needed to pivot production to ventilators, the breathing machines crucial to treating COVID-19. As…

Americans Want Right to Repair—Even if They’ve Never Heard of It

We’ve said it before, and we’ll keep saying it as long as we need to: Americans want the Right to Repair their stuff. Today, a new survey published by Waveform,…

Five State Treasurers Demand the Right to Repair from Ventilator Makers

Today the treasurers of Colorado, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Delaware, and Rhode Island asked ventilator manufacturers to release key service information hospitals need to maintain their equipment. Their joint statement demands manufacturers…

Repair Is Essential, Now and Always

Repair is essential. Before COVID-19 overtook the world, this was more of a rallying cry than a policy up for debate. But as governments big and small shut down more…

Vice – Maryland Suddenly Looks Like it Might Break John Deere’s Repair Monopoly