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

The new rule, which went into effect on Monday, allows outside vendors to fix “retail-level commercial food preparation ...

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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.

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 ...