Category: Legislation | Page 6

Laws that secure your rights to tinker and fix your stuff are important, and worth fighting for. Here’s what’s happening in the halls of power.

Right to Repair

Big Tech Doesn’t Like DIY Repair, But Won’t Say Why In Public

The most interesting thing about Tuesday’s Right to Repair hearing in Washington state was what the tech lobbyists wouldn’t say. Representatives of manufacturing and technology trade groups largely avoided answering…

January 22, 2020

by Kevin Purdy

Legislation

Europe’s First Repair Legislation Is Going Into Effect In 2021

After months of voting accompanied by citizen protests, the European Commission’s new Ecodesign Directive—the first legislation to include Right to Repair language in Europe— is announced and will go into…

September 24, 2019

by Elise Barsch - iFixit

Legislation

New Yorkers: Call Your Legislators Now if You Want Right to Repair

New York could be the first state in the country to pass Right to Repair laws, if a bill currently in debate makes it to the floor this session. A…

June 10, 2019

by Kevin Purdy

Legislation

California Becomes 20th State to Introduce Right to Repair This Year

Right to Repair is knocking on Silicon Valley’s door again. California just introduced Right to Repair legislation, making it the 20th state to propose legislation in 2019 and the second…

March 18, 2019

by Elise Barsch - iFixit

Legislation

Australia’s Right to Repair Proposal for Motor Vehicles Is a Good Start

Last month, the Australian government began the process necessary to pass a Right to Repair law that would allow Australians to get their vehicles fixed by the mechanic of their…

March 5, 2019

by Craig Lloyd - iFixit

Legislation

European Commission Votes to Make Refrigerators More Repairable

European member states voted to make domestic appliances more repairable Monday during their first meeting to review the Ecodesign Directive, a set of legislative proposals aimed at reducing the environmental impact of…

December 13, 2018

by Maarten Depypere

Legislation

Copyright Office Ruling Issues Sweeping Right to Repair Reforms

Six months ago, on a sunny spring day in LA, I donned a suit—a rare event—and walked into a courtroom at UCLA. With me were Robert Miranda, a 24-year-old entrepreneur…

October 25, 2018

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

Legislation

European Policymakers Plot a Path Past Planned Obsolescence

I crawled out from underneath my refrigerator last Sunday, peeled a cobweb off my forehead, and cursed. My refrigerator has been on the fritz, and the starter capacitor was failing.…

September 26, 2018

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

Legislation

The Future of Electronics Recycling Hinges on Right to Repair Legislation

California leads the world in environmental policy, and the state agency CalRecycle oversees the nation’s first and largest electronics recycling programs in the world. Fifteen years in, Howard Levenson, Deputy…

June 1, 2018

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

Legislation

California Confronts Tech Giants in Their Own Backyard

Over a third of US states propose Right to Repair. Join the Right to Repair movement at Repair.org!

March 7, 2018

by Kay Kay Clapp - iFixit