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Whether it be electronics, automobiles or medical equipment, the manufacturers should not be able to horde “oem” parts, render your stuff useless if you repair it with aftermarket parts, or hide schematics of their products.

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A group representing L. Ron Hubbard asked the Copyright Office to alter a repair exemption that makes it legal to hack Scientology's E-Meter—and lots of other electronics, too.

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[–] MyFairJulia@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Wouldn't want public to find out that the E-Meter is IIRC just a fancy resistance meter, do we?

Or how to break the DRM the company introduced just to make sure that the E-Meter cannot be used by everyone. Or that my multimeter is much cooler and has a built-in scope as opposed to their thing.

[–] Phanatik@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Don't know the first thing about these E-Meters but it's really funny to me that they think tampering with the device could harm the Church's reputation and goodwill. I wonder why that would be the case. If Apple doesn't get a way out, neither does Scientology.

[–] Jumper775@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Scientology might yet get a way out just because they are a religion legally.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

They're only considered a religion legally because they illegally infiltrated the IRS and intimidated them into giving them that status. Super messed up, read up on Operation Snow White if you aren't already familiar.

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