On Tuesday, the White House hosted a virtual briefing on right to repair highlighting the various federal and state actions aimed at giving consumers more control over fixing their devices….
Conversations in state houses across the country are surfacing around right to repair. Just last month, California finalized their version of a right to repair bill that addressed the requirement…
As the U.S. Copyright Office concludes its review of exemptions to Section 1201 of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA), Peter Pitts, president of the Center for Medicine in the…
When Congress passed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) in 1998 they established a rulemaking process that gives the Library of Congress the power to make exceptions to certain provisions…
By Roslyn Layton, PhD, regulatory and security policy scholar | Issues & Insights Despite the best of intentions, laws and regulations often have unintended consequences. So, it makes sense to…
By Jonathan Ellen, M.D., M.S., pediatrician, epidemiologist and former CEO of Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital | Tampa Bay Times By allowing increased access to medical equipment by untrained or…
On July 18, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet held a hearing titled, “Is There a Right to Repair?” In the hearing, lawmakers questioned an…
June 27, 2023 By Steve Pociask, President of the American Consumer Institute | DC Journal Medical devices are intricate and sensitive machines that require precision and expert training to conduct…
The ‘right to repair’ movement has merits, but lawmakers need to make important distinctions to keep consumers safe Washington, D.C. – Today, the American Consumer Institute Center for Citizen Research…
This past week, Axios covered the growing challenges hospitals face of cyber-attacks that directly threaten an institutions ability to provide patient care. According to a report featured in the column,…
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