A Feminist Right to Repair

Feminist Cyberlaw (Meg Leta Jones and Amanda Levendowski, eds.), University of California Press, Forthcoming

10 Pages Posted: 23 Oct 2023

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Leah Chan Grinvald

William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV

Ofer Tur-Sinai

Ono Academic College

Date Written: September 24, 2023

Abstract

This essay critically engages with the contested space between the right to repair and copyright restrictions, using an intersectional feminist legal lens. Restricted access to repair not only continues to propagate classist barriers, where only the affluent can replace or adequately repair products, but also intensifies global forms of oppression. This is illustrated through the surge in e-waste from developed nations inundating developing countries, with harmful consequences to their populations. In championing a "feminist right to repair", the authors argue for expanded DMCA exemptions that would promote access to repair information and tools, challenging entrenched patterns of classism, imperialism, and the consequences of unchecked e-waste production.

Keywords: intersectional feminism, feminist legal theory, right to repair, copyright, DMCA, e-waste, environmental justice, sustainability

Suggested Citation

Grinvald, Leah Chan and Tur-Sinai, Ofer, A Feminist Right to Repair (September 24, 2023). Feminist Cyberlaw (Meg Leta Jones and Amanda Levendowski, eds.), University of California Press, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4581995 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4581995

Leah Chan Grinvald

William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV ( email )

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Box 451003
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United States

Ofer Tur-Sinai (Contact Author)

Ono Academic College ( email )

Kiryat Ono
Israel

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