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.
That’s why my next truck will be the most American made truck, a Toyota.
F**K OFF GM, that is all..
Pay your bailout back, then stfu
Easy fix, do not buy GM products
More c**p. Follow the money.
Come try to take it, then…
My brother bought a camero a couple yrs ago…i wouldnt recommend them …motor blew around 60,000…
Then your prices are way to high
So..if you own a computer either apple or microsoft owns all the data in the hard drive.they can take it anytime they want or tell you what software you can and cant install in it.
then I won’t buy gm, easy fix