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A new copyright rule lets McDonald's fix its own broken ice cream machines
Before this week, most of the McDonald's ice cream makers could only be fixed through the machine’s manufacturer. The Digital ...
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McDonald's can now fix its broken McFlurry machines
The federal government granted an exemption to a copyright rule Monday, Oct. 28, allowing McDonald's franchisees to fix their own often-broken ice cream machines. The fast food chain's soft serve, ...
ABC78d
McDonald's restaurants finally have a solution to its busted McFlurry machine problem
McDonald's franchises haven't been able to fix the soft serve ice cream machines on their own because manufacturing company Taylor owns the copyright and exclusive rights to fix the machines ...
US Copyright Office “frees the McFlurry,” allowing repair of ice cream machines
The group, which teamed with iFixit to request the exemption last year, said the government ruling will "free the McFlurry." ...
New York Post7d
McDonald’s broken ice cream machines can now be fixed faster — without breaking the law
It may soon get quicker and easier to get your McFlurry fix — and McDonald’s franchisees won’t have to break the law to make it happen. The US Copyright Office ...
USA Today7d
More McFlurrys: US Copyright Office allows McDonald's to fix broken ice cream machines
A broken ice cream machine is a familiar inconvenience ... commercial food preparation," which includes those soft-serve ice cream machines used to make McFlurrys. Public Knowledge, a consumer ...