New York State passes a right-to-repair bill
. It's now headed to the governor for signing , and will take effect a year after it becomes law.
The act, titled"Digital Fair Repair Act," will require OEMs to"make diagnostic and repair information for digital electronic parts and equipment available to independent repair providers and consumers if such parts and repair information are also available to OEM authorized repair providers." That means companies can no longer dictate where you can bring your devices to get them repaired by limiting the access to components or diagnostic information.
If a part is no longer available to the OEM, it will not need to make the same part available to everyone. For things that require security-related locks or authorizations, the OEM has to,"on fair and reasonable terms," supply the tools or documentation needed to access or reset such devices"through appropriate secure release systems."
The amended version of the bill also states that the proposed requirements will apply to"products with a value over ten dollars" and that OEMs or authorized repair providers don't have to make available any parts, tools or documentation if the intended use is for modification of the products. It also excludes public safety communications equipment and"home appliances with digital electronics embedded within them" from the act.
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