Can you copyright a Scooter? Bird Scooter Boing Boing Takedown Notice

Author, advocate, and blogger, Cory Doctorow, posted an article about Bird Scooters which subsequently received a DMCA takedown notice. The article links to a website that explains what parts to replace to turn a Bird-controlled scooter into a not-Bird-controlled scooter.

Is this illegal? Is this hacking? And can this type of article be removed from existence with a DMCA takedown? The answer to all three is no!

Let's discuss.

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