Photo by Gerald Matzka/picture alliance via Getty Images McDonald's always-broken ice cream machines might finally get easier to fix. That's because the US Copyright Office granted an exemption allowing third parties to diagnose and repair commercial equipment - including the ones that make your McFlurries.Now, franchise owners will be able to break through the digital locks that have blocked them from repairing McDonald's ice cream machines for years. According to the Copyright Office, the exemption will allow people to diagnose, perform maintenance, and repair retail-level commercial food preparation equipment." McDonald's ice cream machines have become so notorious for breaking that someone even created a tool to track broken machines.The decision is part of the Copyright Office's final... Continue reading...