The United States Copyright Office has amended the Digital Rights Protection Act in the digital age to circumvent the digital protection of electronic devices for repair and diagnostics.. In addition, the bureau allowed hacking games if their developer stopped providing the servers necessary for their work, and also made a number of other changes, reports motherboard.

In the United States, technical copyright protection (DRM), which, in particular, is used to complicate repairs, is governed by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act 20 years ago (DMCA). One of the features of the law is that citizens can file petitions once every three years asking them to add an exception to the law.. In 2018, several enthusiasts and lawyers from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Stanford University, iFixit, and other organizations took advantage of this opportunity..