Episode 1067: Why Nothing Works With Anything Else

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    Abstract

    You know how your iPhone uses a different charging cable than your friend's Android? Well, imagine you've just bought a $50,000 tractor ... that only works with parts from the company you bought it from. Or an expensive printer that only takes one kind of ink. Welcome to the fight for interoperability, a battle against the plans of companies to use digital technology to lock customers into their platforms, forever.

    How did we let things get this far? Who's fighting back and what regulations are they fighting for? One of the first victories in this war was Apple being forced to move to a universal charger on its' new iPhone. Now what's next?

    GUEST: Anthony Rosborough, Assistant Professor of Law & Computer Science at Dalhousie University; doctoral researcher in Law at the European University Institute.

    Original languageCanadian English
    PublisherThe Big Story Podcast
    Publication statusPublished - Apr. 2 2024

    Keywords

    • right to repair
    • repairability
    • interoperability
    • digital locks
    • technological protection measures

    Disciplines

    • Intellectual Property Law

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