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.
i still think we own the company
You do not own the car. It it your means to survive and must be sold to do so.
GM give us back our billions for the bailout…we should all get free cars!!! Maybe we need to class action sue you…HELLO??
Good reason not to buy a chevy.
Corey Leenders read this.
I’m starting to think a good way to tell a f**e news source is when their articles are not dated. When did his become a thing? No reputable news source would issue news articles without dates.
WELL THAN YOU OWE ME LOTS OF MONEY FOR INSURING AND REPAIRING YOUR CARS FOR THE PASS 45 YEARS…..
Justin….have we got our money back??? Still applies snowflake.
the balloon deal explaned to me by a dealer, they owned the car in the end.
GMAC took back mine even though I was not late with the payments and I had no recourse because Florida permits such actions.