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"It is clearly vital for farmers to retain control over their own data,
while equipment manufacturers see this as a resource they can control
and exploit — for example, by aggregating data from many farms and
selling access to it. People owning agricultural equipment — or anyone
else — have until Sunday, 31 May 2020 to make their submissions to the
Commission. It will be a while before the ACCC reports on what it finds,
and after that the battle to enshrine a right to repair in Australian
law will probably take years. But at least the process has begun, which
could give a useful impetus to other efforts around the world to bring
in similar, much-needed legislation."
Via Glyn Moody, who wrote "well, it’s a start…if you drive a tractor"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
