You can trick your whip all you want, but GM says that car is still theirs, no matter what you’ve paid. In a hearing this week, General Motors attorney Harry Lightsey said that purchasing and paying off your GM vehicle is a license agreement and not ownership.
The U.S Copyright Office is holding a hearing on whether anyone other than the vehicle’s manufacturer has the right to alter the that car’s copyrighted software. With modern design being what it is, this means almost altering anything about the vehicle.
Mechanics and private owners are saying they need to be allowed to make repairs on their vehicles to keep them running or maintain their business. But GM is saying that anyone unauthorized altering anything about the vehicle could create problems with the software and endanger the driver. This sounds more like a business ploy on the part of GM to hold a monopoly on vehicle repairs.
Read more about GM’s position on page 2.
No more gym vehicles for me then.
So they are trying to unemploy thousands of mechanics. Close and unemploy thousands of cars parts stores. Close click a parts. Illegimatize licensed car inspectors. Not going to happen.
That’s right Dodge failed three times and was bailed out by the government. Chevy/GMC was bailed out by the government. Ford is the only one who never asked a damn thing from the government
Wrong Steve Shuster Dodge and Fiat merged. Just like Ford and Mitsubishi merged. Don’t make them less American. By the way Dodge/,Fiat also merged with Daimler.
Who wants their limited lifespan fucking junk anyway.
I heard there was some truth to this, just own the title, it is not the same as owning the car.
Maybe Ford didn’t take the bailout, but they donated millions to the the Clinton Mafia and the DNC. Just saying..
Stupid post is confusing unknowledgeable people. The software in question controls the engine, transmission, anti-lock brakes, entertainment
an heating/cooling systems. On some vehicles it involve over two million lines of code. Development of the code involves many engineers and extensive testing & validation. It is not the kind of thing just anyone, particularly a mechanic can change.
What you guys don’t seem to see is that GM is just the test dummy. If GM wins then every car manufacturer will follow suit and the Gov may mandate some of it all in the name of emissions control. We can’t have every shade tree mechanic plugging in a tuner chip now can we?… (Said in sarcasm)
Yeah I do ..idiots