-National Farmers Union
The National Farmers Union this week praised the Federal Trade Commission’s 5-0 vote to adopt a policy statement to ramp up law enforcement against repair restrictions that prevent small businesses, workers, consumers, and government entities from fixing their own products.
“Farmers are among those most affected by such restrictions; currently, farm equipment manufacturers refuse to sell software repair tools to farmers or independent mechanics,” NFU noted in a newsletter. “This all but forces farmers to take their broken machinery to a licensed dealership, which can be expensive and inconvenient.”
NFU noted it “has long supported farmers’’right to repair; the organization is encouraged that the administration is finally taking action to eliminate unnecessary and unfair repair restrictions that will give farmers greater freedom to fix their equipment as they choose.”
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