Owning something should mean more than just bragging rights and a receipt. Corporations are making it harder for you to repair the devices and products you already own, and forcing you to pay them again for repairs and replacements you don't actually need. It costs consumers millions worldwide, sends tons of perfectly fixable items to landfills, and hands corporations (ahem might we say big tech) control over your property.
We're chatting with Corynne McSherry and Hayley Tsukayama of EFF along with Adam Savage and Kyle Wiens, CEO of iFixit, to dive into how manufacturers lock you out of the stuff you own, how the Right to Repair movement is fighting back, and what you can do to take back control of your devices. Join the livestream online followed by live Q&A.
If You Own It, Why Can't You Fix It?
Thursday, July 23rd
9:00 am - 10:00 am Pacific - Check Local Time
Livestream followed by Q&A
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About the Speakers
Corynne McSherry
Corynne McSherry is the Legal Director at EFF, specializing in intellectual property, open access, and free speech issues. Her favorite cases involve defending online fair use, political expression, and the public domain. As a litigator, she has represented the Internet Archive, Professor Lawrence Lessig, Public.Resource.Org, the Yes Men, and a dancing baby, among others. She has been named one of California's Top Entertainment Lawyers, AmLaw's "Litigator of the Week" and Lawyer Monthly's Litigator of the Year. Her policy work focuses on copyright, generative AI, and best practices for online expression. She has testified before Congress about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Section 230. Corynne comments regularly on digital rights issues and has been quoted in a variety of outlets, including Fox News, the New York Times, and Rolling Stone. Prior to joining EFF, Corynne was a litigator at Bingham McCutchen, LLP. Corynne has a B.A. from the University of California at Santa Cruz, a Ph.D from the University of California at San Diego, and a J.D. from Stanford Law School. In addition to her contributions to the EFF blog, her notable publications include Who Owns Academic Work?: Battling for Control of Intellectual Property (Harvard University Press, 2001).
Hayley Tsukayama
Hayley Tsukayama (she/her) is Director of State Affairs at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Her focus is state legislation. She works with EFF's legislative team to craft our positions and public messaging about state bills on EFF issues. She also collaborates with community groups, other policy advocates, and state lawmakers on EFF legislative priorities across the country, including health privacy, surveillance, and right-to-repair. Additionally, she advocates for strong consumer data privacy legislation at the state and national level.
Prior to joining EFF, Hayley spent nearly eight years as a consumer technology reporter at The Washington Post writing stories on the industry's largest companies. She is CIPP/US certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals. She has an MA in journalism from the University of Missouri and a BA in history from Vassar College.
Adam Savage
Adam has spent his life gathering skills that allow him to take what's in his brain and make it real. He's built everything from ancient Buddhas and futuristic weapons to fine-art sculptures and dancing vegetables.
In 1993, Adam began concentrating his career on the special-effects industry, honing his skills through more than 100 television commercials and a dozen feature films, including Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Galaxy Quest and the Matrix sequels.
In 2002, Adam was chosen along with Jamie Hyneman to host MythBusters, which premiered on Discovery Channel in January 2003. Fourteen years, 1,015 myths, 2,950 experiments, eight Emmy nominations and 83 miles of duct tape later, the series ended in March 2016.
Today, Adam stars in and produces content for Tested.com, including behind-the-scenes dives into multiple blockbuster films (including Ghost in the Shell, Alien Covenant and Blade Runner). He also produced and starred in his Brain Candy stage show with Vsauce's Michael Stevens.
When he's not on an airplane, Adam lives in the San Francisco Bay area with his wife and their two dogs.
Kyle Wiens
Kyle Wiens is the CEO of iFixit, the free repair manual. He’s dedicated his life to defeating the second law of thermodynamics, a battle fought in the courtroom as often as in the workshop. Kyle leads the international coalition that has passed Right to Repair laws around the world and is fighting to restore ownership.
