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.
35 years ago, i bought a phone from AT&T. Found out i didn’t really own it. I owned the plastic case.
I never owned a GM… and if I have paid for it….is frikin mine and I will do as I Damm please with it….Screw You GM…..
Looks like our next vehicle will not be gm
F**k gm
If they own it they should pay all repair bills
CYA – GMC
Easy solution, don’t buy any more GM products !!!
So as I understand it from the article every thing revolves around the software and vehicle computer. So let’s just say a group of entrepreneurs get together and build a replacement computer and software to replace the original one what is GM going to say now.
Just another reason to not buy from GM
GM execs and their lawyers just gave me another very good reason to never own one of their cars again.