According to iFixit, which looked inside a McDonald's ice cream machine last year, the devices contain "lots of easily replaceable parts." Rose called the new exemption "an overdue shake-up of the ...

It may soon get quicker and easier to get your McFlurry fix — and McDonald’s franchisees won’t have to break the law to make it happen. The US Copyright Office ...

The days of broken ice cream machines at McDonald ... Office after an investigation showed the machines contain "lots of easily replaceable parts." "There’s nothing vanilla about this victory ...

What just happened? Few things in life stay the same, but one reassuringly familiar sight is the broken ice cream machine in your local McDonald's. However, that looks set to change after the US ...

Before this week, most of the McDonald's ice cream makers could only be fixed through the machine’s manufacturer ... repair services access to their parts, tools and service information so ...

The soft-serve machines ... to their parts, tools and service information so consumers can get their own, legally bought devices fixed. The movement prevailed when Apple in 2021 announced it would ...

A new exemption to an old law will allow third-party companies to fix McDonald’s infamous ice cream machines ... showed the machines contain "lots of easily replaceable parts." ...

Sweet tooth fans of McDonald’s are optimistic that the fast food chain’s seemingly perpetually broken ice cream machines will be a thing of the past—thanks to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

The U.S. Copyright Office has granted a copyright exemption to give McDonald's the right to get its machines repaired by any technician. The issue of broken ice cream ...

McDonald’s often maligned, seemingly perennially-broken ice cream machines could soon become a thing of the past. On Oct. 25, the United States Copyright Office ...