Repair & Copyright: Overcoming the Invisible Barriers to Repair

As our devices get smarter, barriers to repair have gone beyond the physical and become increasingly intangible. Copyright law can place substantial constraints on users' rights to disassemble their products and modify computer programmes and other digital works. Independent repairers should not be blocked from carrying repairs by manufacturers' extended powers. This webinar explored how software and copyright rules are essential in guaranteeing a comprehensive right to repair.