Ronald Reagan once said that the nine scariest words are, “I’m from the Government, and I’m here to help.”

For McDonald’s, this could be a game-changer. After what seems like a lifetime of ice cream machine malfunctions, that headache could finally be addressed through some good, old-fashioned government intervention, as the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice recently lobbied the US Copyright Office to issue an exemption to a software law that would eliminate the need to get a third-party involved to repair “commercial and industrial equipment.”

We all hope that one day, our children and grandchildren can live in a world with working McDonald’s ice cream machines.