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 reason NOT TO BUY A G.M.
I can just barely do the maintenance as it is.
Worse than we already Are.
It don’t matter what company you buy from. They are all junk. Built to break. Plus the government will make you pay every yr to have the automobile. Force insurance you have to pay. Insurance wouldn’t be needed if people didn’t drive like an idiot. We are all puppets of the government.
Well looks like a new Gmail vehicle is out of the question…lol
time to drain the GM swamp. Seriously…. some rich people need to be hanged and have their estes seized.
Not until recently has this been an issue. Independent mechs just needed a machine to diagnose stuff, not play with code. The computer outs out an alarm that something is not right with an input or output. Only recently have manufacturers started this c**p.
Pay back the other loan after bailout
dont buy G M
FU