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.
You don’t own your car, house or name. When you register your car with the state you are entering into a trust where the state retains legal title to your car as the trustee (with your consent via the application) and you get equity title (user rights). That is why they can pull you over any time and demand your papers. You are not and have not been a free man you whole life, its all a big rouse, the state owns everything. When your parents registered you name with the state it establishes a similar situation.
I’d expect nothing less from Government Motors
I was talking about this 30+ years ago . People need wake up . I love when people tell me I “own” everything. BS , you will never stop paying to keep a house or anything involved in transportation. Bottom line .
Boycott GM. Don’t buy their cars. They should have to repay taxpayers money they took during bankruptcy bailout.
GM. The original disposable vehicle.
This will cost them many many sales.
If that be the case, then who has liability in an accident
That’s why I would never buy an Obama (government ) mobile. That’s what people get for letting the government get involved! !
You just are leasing it…
Unless you have the m.c.o. receipt you don’t own the car anyway!