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by Spivak 1463 days ago
What you’re describing is already the case, the law you want is that people who sell things have to give you the keys, tools, specs, and parts necessary to do the modifying.
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Not true in the US. Thanks to the DMCA it is illegal to break encryption on objects you own.
Can you please tell me in what country that is the case, and to what extent?

What do they do about vendors that don't cooperate, like John Deere, or Sony?

(Serious question, not sarc. It definitely is not the case in the US, and the country that already has such laws might be a good indicator of a good place to move).

I mean the whole PlayStation Blu-ray debacle basically drove that home… sorry referring to the encryption reply.