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.
good thing i have an 84 gm that can be worked on nearly blind folded. fk the corporate world beyotch!
So no race cars, off road cars, or after market performance industry. No independent mechanic shops or inboard boat engines. No OEM crate engines for street rods or experimental air craft. Thanks Communist Motors. Your an inspiration for every$#%&!@*in the country.
If indeed this is true we need to call in the loans that the American people made to gm to bail their asses out along with a healthy amount of interest. On another note this should be handled like any other licensing agreement as a one time charge at the time of purchase gm you are making it more difficult for Americans to buy American and it will ultimately backfire and blow up in your face, at least one would only hope so.
They are full of$#%&!@*just like obama
So true Kristen
Communism communism communism
It’s ok I do not drive as well as it’s pretty easy to constantly CONDEMN The Entire World where THEIR constantly Excellency Imperial Worldwide getting PAID to perfectionist END It is it NOT.
If you have a state administered title you do not own your car. This is old news
Started with Microsoft, this is just a natural progression when something else comes up down the road. Copyrights and so forth. A little at a time.
So let GM pay for all the repairs after the warranty runs out, then they could say they really own the car!