Episode 112: Aaron Perzanowski on the Right to Repair

December 13, 2021 00:41:18
Episode 112: Aaron Perzanowski on the Right to Repair
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Episode 112: Aaron Perzanowski on the Right to Repair

Dec 13 2021 | 00:41:18

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Show Notes

The right to repair, whether consumer electronics, farm machinery or even health and medical equipment, is an issue that affects everyone. Given the implications for consumer and property rights, the sustainability of the agricultural sector, and protecting the environment, ensuring a right to repair would seem like an obvious political winner. Yet the issue has lagged, not the least of which because of restrictive copyright laws that can limit the ability to repair personal property.

Aaron Perzanowski is a law professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, Ohio and the Associate Director of the Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology & the Arts. Professor Perzanowski is the author of the forthcoming book, The Right to Repair, to be published by Cambridge University Press early next year. He joins the Law Bytes podcast to explain why the right to repair matters, how copyright fits into this, and what reforms are needed to address the issue.

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Show Notes:

Aaron Perzanowski, The Right to Repair: Reclaiming the Things We Own (Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming 2022)

Credits:

Tomorrow Unlocked, No Right to Repair: Farmers are Forced to Hack Their Own Tractors

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