Civic Tech Chat

Civic Tech Chat


61 Right To Repair

August 12, 2021

Ryan Koch talks Right to Repair. We'll chat through what it's about, why it's important, and some legislation that's out there being considered.

### Resources and Shoutouts:
- https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2021/07/14/president-bidens-right-to-repair-order-needs-strengthening-to-aid-consumers/
- https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4104
- https://www.vice.com/en/article/93y3np/new-york-senate-passes-electronics-right-to-repair-legislation
- https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/07/09/executive-order-on-promoting-competition-in-the-american-economy/
- https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7m8mx/john-deere-promised-farmers-it-would-make-tractors-easy-to-repair-it-lied
- https://uspirg.org/feature/usp/deere-headlights
- https://morelle.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-joe-morelle-introduces-fair-repair-act
- https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4006/committees
- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/aug/02/why-right-to-repair-matters-according-to-a-farmer-a-medical-worker-a-computer-store-owner
- https://www.ifixit.com/Right-to-Repair/E-waste

##### Music Credit: [Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol](http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monkey_Warhol/Lonely_Hearts_Challenge/Monkey_Warhol_-_Tumbleweeds)