{"id":9545,"date":"2013-03-19T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T13:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=9545"},"modified":"2013-03-18T21:28:52","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T02:28:52","slug":"forget-the-cellphone-fight-we-should-be-allowed-to-unlock-everything-we-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=9545","title":{"rendered":"Forget the Cellphone Fight \u2014 We Should Be Allowed to Unlock Everything We Own"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Avaya, for example, is known for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thevoicereport.com\/2008-01-03\/BlackBox\">suing<\/a> service companies, accusing them of violating copyright for simply using a password to log in to their phone systems. That\u2019s right: typing in a password is considered \u201creproducing copyrighted material.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/opinion\/2013\/03\/you-dont-own-your-cellphones-or-your-cars\">Forget the Cellphone Fight \u2014 We Should Be Allowed to Unlock Everything We Own | Wired Opinion | Wired.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Because manufacturers have copyrighted the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/opinion\/2012\/11\/cease-and-desist-manuals-planned-obsolescence\/\" target=\"_blank\">service manuals<\/a>, local mechanics can\u2019t fix modern equipment. And today\u2019s equipment \u2014 packed with sensors and electronics \u2014 is too complex to repair without them. That\u2019s a problem for farmers, who can\u2019t afford to pay the dealer\u2019s high maintenance fees for fickle equipment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avaya, for example, is known for suing service companies, accusing them of violating copyright for simply using a password to log in to their phone systems. That\u2019s right: typing in a password is considered \u201creproducing copyrighted material.\u201d via Forget the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=9545\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[439,47],"class_list":["post-9545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ip","tag-copyright","tag-monopolistic-practices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9545"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9554,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9545\/revisions\/9554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}