[EricMausler]

Yes exactly with the weirdness. Which is why I am leaning heavily into being a proponent of it needing some laws created explicitly for this situation that will clarify what's considered fair activity between researchers, companies, repairers, etc.

Sticking with the example, there is not reason a company cannot have terms that you can't open the walls, while the state also has laws that regardless of what the terms are - you are allowed to open the walls for maintenence purposes, renovations, etc, but maybe you have to notify the company about what you are doing.

It feels like territory somewhere in between the complete freedom of ownership and the total lockdown of renting.

I'd imagine there is a whole legal tug of war that would need to happen to know where the lines would or should fall, but the main point is that both sides are at the table and no one needs to be keeping their activity in the dark because of how uncertain they are about how the law is going to treat them