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‘Liberate the tractors’: the right to repair movement that’s regaining control of our devices

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‘Liberate the tractors’: the right to repair movement that’s regaining control of our devices. Stead, Michael (Author); Coulton, Paul (Author). 2022. The Conversation.

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Stead, M & Coulton, P, ‘Liberate the tractors’: the right to repair movement that’s regaining control of our devices, 2022, Web publication/site, The Conversation. <https://theconversation.com/liberate-the-tractors-the-right-to-repair-movement-thats-regaining-control-of-our-devices-188954>

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Stead, M., & Coulton, P. (2022). ‘Liberate the tractors’: the right to repair movement that’s regaining control of our devices. Web publication/site, The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/liberate-the-tractors-the-right-to-repair-movement-thats-regaining-control-of-our-devices-188954

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Stead M, Coulton P. ‘Liberate the tractors’: the right to repair movement that’s regaining control of our devices The Conversation. 2022.

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Stead, Michael (Author) ; Coulton, Paul (Author). / ‘Liberate the tractors’: the right to repair movement that’s regaining control of our devices. [Web publication/site].

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