People Are Pissed Off and Ready to Own Their Shit
Louis Rossmann and his nonprofit Fulu are touring the U.S. to advocate for the 'Right to Repair' and the repeal of Section 1201 of the DMCA. The movement seeks to challenge manufacturer-imposed digital locks that prevent owners from repairing their own hardware.
Why it matters
This movement addresses the growing tension between corporate intellectual property rights and consumer ownership of purchased technology.
The train blasts through right as Louis Rossmann starts to speak. This has happened several times already at the event he’s hosting on a Friday night in San Jose, California. All the speakers before him patiently paused when the train on the nearby tracks roared by, its loud horn blaring, then resumed talking. But Rossmann is mid-sentence in his rapid-fire delivery about the topic he’s fiercely passionate about, and he doesn’t stop. He shouts over the train.
This is the penultimate stop of the Own Your Shit tour, a US-wide odyssey of events this summer put on by ownership advocate and YouTuber Louis Rossmann and his advocacy nonprofit Fulu. Around 80 people have crammed into the narrow side porch of a brewery. The final event will be in Silver Springs, Maryland, on October 1.
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