Thanks to a new exemption to a copyright law, McDonald's restaurants can now, FINALLY, fix their broken ice cream machines.

A ruling from the U.S. Copyright Office will allow McDonald's to independently repair its often-broken ice cream machines.

According to USA Today, the Taylor Company has been the sole fixer of McDonald’s ice cream machines since 1956. Inc. Magazine ...

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and repair “retail-level commercial food preparation equipment.” McDonald’s ice cream machines have become so notorious for breaking that someone even created a tool to track broken machines.

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

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The new rule, which went into effect on Monday, allows outside vendors to fix “retail-level commercial food preparation equipment.” That includes McDonald’s ice cream machines, as 404 media journalist ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - McDonald's may now legally fix its own broken ice cream machines. According to The Verge,third parties may now diagnose and repair commercial equipment after theUnited States ...

Although the full request wasn’t granted, commercial restaurant equipment ... respond to CNN’s request for comment. Broken ice cream machines have been such a blemish on McDonald’s ...