| Description |
357 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-348) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Why repair matters -- The history of repair -- Breaking repair -- Repair and intellectual property -- Repair and competition -- Repair and consumer protection -- Rebuilding repair -- Epilogue. |
| 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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Consumer goods -- Maintenance and repair -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Consumer goods -- Maintenance and repair -- Law and legislation.
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Consumer goods -- Maintenance and repair -- Law and legislation.
(OCoLC)fst02032648
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| ISBN |
9781108837651 hardcover |
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1108837654 hardcover |
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9781108931496 paperback |
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1108931499 paperback |
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9781108946926 electronic book |
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9781108950053 electronic book |
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