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.
Then why should anyone make payments on it ?
Who cares, those cars are a$#%&!@*!
And they got bailed out by the government because their executives failed.
Media trash
You mean Government motors…. Lol
Every car comes from the manufacturer with a certificate of origin. This is the true ownership of the vehicle. This gets given to the state and is copied and destroyed. Then issued to you is a state title which now technically means the state owns the car and it can be taken away anytime they decide you didn’t pay a fee or broke a law.
So since they own the software does that mean if we have computer problems then they should have to fix them for free. Like if a rental house roof leaks
Just another reason to NEVER buy GM anything…ever
Wow, thank God I buy only Fords.
That’s why I drive a Toyota!