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Message posted on 10/06/2025

Talk: Aaron Perzanowski "The Law and Policy of Repair" (Maintenance & Philosophy SIG, Thursday June 12th 2025, 18-1915 UTC+1)

Dear All,

We’re pleased to announce the next session of the SPT maintenance and philosophy of technology special interest group on Thursday 12th June (18-1915 UTC +1). In this session, we’re excited to welcome Aaron Perzanowski, author of The Right to Repair: Reclaiming the Things we Own (CUP 2022), who’ll be guiding us through the legal and policymaking contexts of repair, examining both how the law has been used both as a tool to prevent and enable repair by different actors. If you'd like a link to attend this talk, please email me at mark@markthomasyoung.net

Best, Mark

“The Law and Policy of Repair"

Aaron Perzanowski (University of Michigan Law School)

June 12th 2025 (18-1915 UTC +1)

Abstract: The practice of repair is shaped in obvious and subtle ways by law. A range of legal rules influence opportunities for repair—from license terms and warranties/guarantees to intellectual property rights and antitrust principles. For decades, the law has been used as a tool to restrict repair and insulate planned obsolescence strategies. With the ubiquity of software and favorable legal rules, manufacturers today enjoy an unprecedented level of post-sale control over the products we buy. And they sometimes use that power to prevent or discourage repair. In response, activists have introduced targeted legal reforms intended to promote independent repair. After many years, those efforts have started to see success in jurisdictions around the world. This talk will offer a high-level overview of the legal tools that have been used to restrict repair and the efforts to reverse that trend.

(In order to avoid confusion regarding the timing of the talk - the following table clarifies when the talk begins in different locations)

Amsterdam 7:00pm London 6:00pm Toronto (New York) 1:00pm San Francisco 10:00am

Mark Thomas Young Postdoctoral Fellow University of Oslo https://uio.academia.edu/MarkThomasYoung EASST's Eurograd mailing list -- eurograd-easst.net@lists.easst.net Archive: https://lists.easst.net/hyperkitty/list/eurograd-easst.net@lists.easst.net/ Edit your delivery settings there using Account dropdown, Mailman settings. Website: https://easst.net/easst_eurograd/ Meet us on Mastodon: https://assemblag.es/@easst Or X: https://twitter.com/STSeasst

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