The freedom to configure is the freedom to make a better world.
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Argues that DMCA 1201 lets vendors turn simple configuration choices into legal locks, criminalizing repair and research with a five-year prison penalty. Gives concrete failures: iPhone screens require an authorization code to run, John Deere refuses to start tractors until owners pay ~$200 and wait one to three days, and an insulin pump only accepts proprietary insulin, effectively turning people with diabetes into disposable devices. Shows how DRM now inhabits voting machines, pacemakers and cars.
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