The federal government recently made it easier to fix McDonald's broken ice cream machines. Why it matters: This could ...

An exemption to a longstanding copyright act allows industrial equipment to be fixed by people not affiliated with the manufacturer.

Before this week, most of the McDonald's ice cream makers could only be fixed through the machine’s manufacturer. The Digital ...

The soft-serve machines at McDonald's restaurants are so often out of order that their reliable unreliability have long been the butt of jokes, memes — and now even a rallying cry in this year ...

In McDonald’s case, the ice cream machine manufacturer—Taylor Company—has had the sole “right to repair” broken machines since 1956. In recent years, frequently broken ice cream at ...

McDonald’s ice cream machines ... the locks put on McFlurry machines by the manufacturer. This means that more technicians will be able to repair McDonald’s ice cream machines and is widely ...

The process of making rolled ice cream might not be new to those hooked ... “So, we bought a customised machine and taught ourselves through YouTube and other platforms.” ...

For those who frequently visit their local McDonald’s, finding the franchise’s ice cream machine broken down ... to repair their own products. Manufacturers use various tactics like software ...