Izinhlangano zamalungelo abantu ze I-CFS (I-Software Freedom Conservancy) kanye ne-EFF (I-Electronic Frontier Foundation) muva nje ukhiphe izinguquko ku-"Digital Millennium Copyright Act" (DMCA) qechaza uhlu lokuhlukile ezingekho ngaphansi kwemikhawulo ye-DMCA kubuchwepheshe bokulawula ukufinyelela.
Kusukela ngemva kweminyaka emithathu, ikomiti ekhethekile ihlangana e-Library of Congress yase-United States, okwathi, ngesikhathi sokulalelwa kwezikhalazo zomphakathi, dNquma ukubuyekeza uhlu lokukhululwa oluchaza izimo lapho i-DMCA ingase ingasebenzi kuzo.. Lolu hlu lwenzelwa ukuvikela ekuhlukunyezweni okungaba khona kanye nemikhawulo engenangqondo engathuthukiswa ngokucasha kwe-DMCA, ngaphandle kokuba ngaphansi kokwephulwa kwe-copyright.
Okuhlukile okuvunyelwe kulo nyaka kuvumela ukufakwa kwamanye ama-firmware kumarutha namanye amadivayisi enethiwekhi (kufaka phakathi i-jailbreak kanye nezixhumanisi zokudlula eziya ku-DRM firmware). Okuhlukile kunikeza umsebenzisi inketho yokwelula impilo yedivayisi yakhe ngemva kokuphelelwa isikhathi sosekelo lomkhiqizi ngokufaka enye i-firmware efana ne-OpenWrt.
Futhi Okuhlukile okuphasisiwe okuvumela uphenyo olusemthethweni lwe-firmware yocingo ukuze kuhlonzwe futhi kuqinisekiswe ukwephulwa okungenzeka kwamalayisensi e-copyleft adinga ukuvulwa kwemisebenzi ephuma kokunye. Okuhlukile kusebenza kuzo zonke izinhlobo zamadivayisi, ngaphandle kwama-consoles wegeyimu.
Ukukhishwa okuvumelekile ngaphambilini okuhlobene nemvume yokuvula, ukushintsha i-firmware, ukulungisa nokufaka izinhlelo zokusebenza, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi zigunyazwe umkhiqizi noma cha, ngaphambilini bezisebenza kuma-smartphones (i-jailbreak), amaphilisi namanye amadivaysi eselula, zandisiwe mayelana nokwenzeka kokushintsha ngokuphelele isofthiwe ye-smart TV.
Izigaba zamadivayisi okukhona okuhlukile zinwetshiwe, okuyinto ivumela ukwenza ukulungisa ngokuzimela. Iphrojekthi ye-Right to Repair ifuna ukuyekwa ukuze kulungiswe noma iyiphi idivayisi, futhi isisondele emgomweni wayo kulo nyaka. Izichibiyelo ziphasisiwe ukuze kuvunyelwe ukuxilonga, ukugcinwa, nokulungiswa kwanoma iyiphi idivayisi yabathengi, okuhlanganisa ama-e-readers, izidlali zerekhodi, nezipikha ezihlakaniphile, kanye nokulungiswa kwezimoto, izikebhe, nemishini yezokwelapha.
Kumadivayisi ezokwelapha, kokubili ukulungisa nokutholwa kwedatha egcinwe kudivayisi yakho kuvunyelwe, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi idivayisi ifakiwe noma cha.
Okuhlukile okuhlobene nokukhishwa kwekhodi ye-DVD, izinto ze-Blu-Ray kanye nezinsizakalo ze-inthanethi zandisiwe, esetshenziswa ukuqamba ama-remix afaka iziqeshana zevidiyo ngazinye. Idatha ye-DMCA iphinde yaqeda imidlalo yamakhompiyutha nama-consoles wegeyimu, abakhiqizi bayo abayeke ukusekela imikhiqizo yayo, manje abalandeli begeyimu yekhompiyutha bangenza izinguquko ngokusemthethweni kuzinhlelo zokusebenza zegeyimu ezindala kanye ne-firmware yekhonsoli yegeyimu ukuze bagweme izixhumanisi eziya kumasevisi egeyimu yangaphandle namaseva okuqinisekisa. Okuhlukile kunwetshiwe ukuze kuvunyelwe ukusetshenziswa kwezinye izinto kumaphrinta e-3D.
Isicelo sokufaka izifundo zobumfihlo ekuyekeleni okunwetshiwe asizange sivunywe, ukuvumela abacwaningi bezokuvikela ukuthi bahlaziye imikhiqizo yesofthiwe ukuze bahlonze ubungozi futhi bazibhalele labo abatholiwe. Ikhomishana iphethe ngokuthi lolu shintsho belungadingekile njengoba izifundo zobumfihlo zingena ngaphakathi kwencazelo yezifundo zokuphepha futhi azidingi ukukhululwa okuhlukile.
Izichibiyelo ezivumela ukulungiswa kwama-game console nazo azigunyazwanga. (ukulungiswa kwama-consoles egeyimu kukhawulelwe ithuba lokuzishintsha ngokwawo amadrayivu okukhanya) kanye namadivayisi ane-firmware esetshenziselwa izinjongo zezohwebo noma zezimboni, ngaphandle kwezimoto namadivayisi wezokwelapha. Isibonelo, ukuzilungisa nokushintsha izilungiselelo zerobhothi vacuum cleaner kuthathwa njengokungekho emthethweni.
Phakathi kwezinkinga ezingaxazululiwe, kuphinde kuphawulwe ukuthi akukho okuhlukile ekusatshalalisweni kwamathuluzi asetshenziselwa ukulungisa: ukuhlinzekwa kwezinsiza ezidlula izingidi zomkhiqizi kusabhekwa njengokungemthetho.
Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi ikhomishana ayinalo igunya lokwamukela okuhlukile kulolu daba, njengoba idinga ukuguqulwa komthetho. Ngakho-ke, kuvela isimo lapho umsebenzisi enikezwe ilungelo lokushintsha ngokuzimele i-firmware futhi adlule isixhumanisi kumadivayisi we-peripheral ku-Xbox yakhe, kodwa ukusabalalisa ikhodi ukuze enze izenzo ezinjalo akukho emthethweni.
Okokugcina Uma unesifiso sokwazi okwengeziwe ngakho, ungabheka ifayela le- imininingwane kusixhumanisi esilandelayo.