
31 Mar
2017
31 Mar
'17
12:40 a.m.
Owners of John Deere tractors are resorting to pirated firmware in order to gain the ability to repair their own property: <https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170322/04582036973/tractor-owners-using-pirated-firmware-to-dodge-john-deeres-ham-fisted-attempt-to-monopolize-repair.shtml> Are farmers in NZ impacted by any of this? I see that John Deere tractors are indeed sold here.