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The Digital Millenium Copytight act was a legislation passed in 1998 to amend title 17, United States Code.
Its primary provision was to outlaw the use or distribution of tools that, "Circumvent Access Control."
The law contains no consideration of fair use and has the effect of preventing people from using or repairing equipment that they own.
One such example is John Deere preventing 3rd party maintenance of farmers' tractors.