OAN Staff James Meyers
1:15 PM – Friday, November 1, 2024
McDonald’s ice cream lovers can rejoice as the ice cream machines may no longer be broken at the fast-food chain.
Franchise owners have complained about difficulties fixing the machines, while the fast-food chain itself has made jokes at how often the machines are broken.
However, those worries may soon be put to rest, after the U.S. Copyright Office issued a new set of exemptions last week that allows restaurants to repair equipment used in “retail-level commercial food preparation,” which includes the soft-serve ice cream machines used to make McFlurrys.
Public Knowledge, a consumer advocacy group, and e-commerce website iFixit petitioned the U.S. Copyright Office for the exemption, which went into effect earlier on Monday.
“There’s nothing vanilla about this victory; an exemption for retail-level commercial food preparation equipment will spark a flurry of third-party repair activity and enable businesses to better serve their customers,” said Meredith Rose, senior policy counsel at Public Knowledge.
Furthermore, one McDonald’s ice cream lover even created a website to track the malfunctions at McDonald’s locations across the U.S., called McBroken.com.
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