We can't let John Deere destroy the very idea of ownership

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Wiens, Kyle (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2015-04-21
    URL:
    http://www.wired.com/2015/04/dmca-ownership-john-deere
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 139 Document Number: D05923
    Subject Term:
    copyright, information issues, machinery, technological advancement, precision farming, software, intellectual property rights, and John Deere
    Notes:
    Online via www.wired.com. 8 pages., Controversial proposal from John Deere to the Copyright Office suggesting that due to computer codes in modern farm tractors farmers receive "an implied license for the life of the vehicle to operate the vehicle."

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