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International Business Times
International Business Times
Carla St. Louis

Court Ruling Could Mean Fewer Broken McFlurry Machines At McDonald's

Dancers serve free sample of McDonald's ice cream desert "McFlurry" at an event in Tokyo 19 April 2007. (Credit: YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP via Getty Images)

The U.S. Copyright Office recently allowed repairs for food preparation equipment at franchise restaurants like McDonald's often damaged soft-serve machines by approving an exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

Fans of franchise fast food restaurants can rejoice as the decision allows owners and independent repair shops to fix commonly broken machines themselves.

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