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Digital Planet: Fighting for the right to repair

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13/07/2021 GMT

Fighting for the right to repair

BBC World Service - Digital Planet, Fighting for the right to repair

Joe Biden to be the first president to sign national legislation on the right to repair

Fighting for the right to repair. Also, developing metaverse tech for arts and cultural institutions and celebrating the internet at 30 with the creation of a virtual symphony

US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order asking the Federal Trade Commission to “limit powerful equipment manufacturers from restricting people’s ability to use independent repair shops or do DIY repairs”. This could mean manufacturers can no longer require repairs only be offered by themselves or through authorised retailers. Gay Gordon-Byrne, CEO of The Repair Association in the US, has been speaking about the impact this could have.

Are public-funded cultural institutions falling behind in creating digital content and in danger of becoming irrelevant? A new report from the Serpentine Galleries, “Future Art Ecosystems: Art x Metaverse”, suggests that might be the case. While the Games Industry is ploughing huge amounts of money into developing the spatial decentralised web (web 3.0), cultural institutions are lagging behind. Kay Watson, Head of the Arts Technologies team at the Serpentine Galleries, tells us more about the tech they are using to be part of this new metaverse.

It’s the 30th anniversary of the first public website. Composer Kieran Brunt is back to tell us about his latest creation. This new work explores how the internet has dramatically reshaped our lives over the past 30 years. Woven around personal stories Kieran Brunt features electronic and vocal elements that explore the impact the internet has had on all our lives.  The full Virtual Symphony can be heard on BBC Radio 3 on Sunday 18th July 2021.


The programme is presented by Gareth Mitchell with expert commentary from Ghislaine Boddington

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Producer: Ania Lichtarowicz


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