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.
GM. The deadbeat of America sells tax payer. Junk
If that’s the case the warranties should never run out.
F**k Toyota. My last ford I just traded it. On a. New ford. Had. 405,000 great break down free miles. And the money stays here in the USA
This$#%&!@*is getting really scarey.
Any time you buy a 8.000 dollar Car For $ 80.000 your an idiot anyway
Unless your going to maintain, Repair and keeping my car running like new I own everything on in it and about it. You want to change anything about that price of paper I signed when I bought it. Bring your checkbook.
You know what GM? You dont own the clothes you have on either. J.C. Penny’s still owns them.
No problem! Just follow MY example and NEVER PURCHASE ANYTHING from GM!!
This is actually something that has been coming for a while due to federal software copyright laws.
The best way to get the car company to want to forget about this is to force them to be required to provide any spare parts regardless of how old the car is or face penalties and fines if not outright replacement of the vehicle.
Manufacturers generally stop direct parts support for their vehicles when the model is around 10 years old except for the very expensive, dealer only, parts.
They license parts remanufacturing to second parties like Kragens or Autozone because making and supporting parts replacement for older vehicles becomes too costly in addition to having to warehouse adequate supplies.
it’s the new wave of corporate theivery, trying to claim they own it because they have a copywrite on it