Attempt to repeal Colorado's right-to-repair law fails
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* Amabile, Judith "Judy" [D]
* Baisley, Mark [R]
* Ball, Matt [D]
* Benavidez, Adrienne [D]
* Bridges, Jeff [D]
* Bright, Scott [R]
* Carson, John [R]
* Catlin, Marc [R]
* Coleman, James Rashad [D]
* Cutter, Lisa Ann [D]
* Danielson, Jessie [D]
* Daugherty, Lindsey N. [D]
* Exum Sr., Thomas "Tony" E. [D]
* Frizell, Lisa [R]
* Gonzales, Julie [D]
* Hinrichsen, Nick [D]
* Jodeh, Iman [D]
* Kipp, Cathy [D]
* Kirkmeyer, Barbara [R]
* Kolker, Chris [D]
* Lindstedt, William [D]
* Liston, Larry G. [R]
* Marchman, Janice [D]
* Mullica, Kyle [D]
* Pelton, Byron [R]
* Pelton, Rodney "Rod" [R]
* Rich, Janice [R]
* Roberts, Dylan [D]
* Rodriguez, Robert [D]
* Simpson Jr., Cleave Alan [R]
* Snyder, Marc Alan [D]
* Sullivan, Tom [D]
* Wallace, Katie [D]
* Weissman, Michael "Mike" [D]
* Zamora Wilson, Lynda [R]
The HN audience in particular might appreciate that some of the bill text revisions are dated 1969-12-31! :P
n.b. I'm not looking for simple "because of money/lobbying" speculation. I'm interested in the reasoning straight from the horse's mouth.
The right to repair directive also authorises you to bypass any software restriction without violating hacking laws, as long as you're not hurting other people. The same is not true of the USA.
Opposition gets tired, money doesn’t.