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What If You Don't Really Own Your Car And Never Can?
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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1603981" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>GM, Ford, And Others Want to Make Working on Your Own Car Illegal</strong></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>One of the inherent rights of owning a vehicle is the ability to get on one’s backside — a wrench in one hand and a grease rag in the other, and just tinker to your little heart’s desire. Since the vehicle was invented, it’s been an important facet within the community of gearheads.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>General Motors — the same company responsible for 87 deaths related to faulty ignition switches, FYI — wants to take that right away from you citing safety and security issues. Along with a few other big names.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>It’s called the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). It’s been around since 2000 and started as anti-Internet piracy legislation. But automakers want to use it to try and make working on your own car illegal .</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Yes, <em>illegal</em>. The general premise is that unlike cars of the past, today’s vehicles are so advanced and use such a large amount of software and coding in their general makeup, altering said code could be dangerous and possibly even malicious.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>As it currently sits, there are 13 (!) large automakers on the list supporting the DMCA. Want to know who they are? Of course you do:</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>General Motors Company</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>BMW Group</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>FCA US LLC</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Ford Motor Company</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Jaguar Land Rover</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Mazda</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Mercedes-Benz USA</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Mitsubishi Motors</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Porsche</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Toyota</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Volkswagen Group of America</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Volvo Cars North America</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1603981, member: 12952"] [SIZE=6][B]GM, Ford, And Others Want to Make Working on Your Own Car Illegal[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=6][/SIZE] [SIZE=6][B][/B] [B]One of the inherent rights of owning a vehicle is the ability to get on one’s backside — a wrench in one hand and a grease rag in the other, and just tinker to your little heart’s desire. Since the vehicle was invented, it’s been an important facet within the community of gearheads.[/B] [B]General Motors — the same company responsible for 87 deaths related to faulty ignition switches, FYI — wants to take that right away from you citing safety and security issues. Along with a few other big names.[/B] [B]It’s called the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). It’s been around since 2000 and started as anti-Internet piracy legislation. But automakers want to use it to try and make working on your own car illegal .[/B] [B]Yes, [I]illegal[/I]. The general premise is that unlike cars of the past, today’s vehicles are so advanced and use such a large amount of software and coding in their general makeup, altering said code could be dangerous and possibly even malicious.[/B] [B]As it currently sits, there are 13 (!) large automakers on the list supporting the DMCA. Want to know who they are? Of course you do:[/B] [B][/B] [B]General Motors Company[/B] [B]BMW Group[/B] [B]FCA US LLC[/B] [B]Ford Motor Company[/B] [B]Jaguar Land Rover[/B] [B]Mazda[/B] [B]Mercedes-Benz USA[/B] [B]Mitsubishi Motors[/B] [B]Porsche[/B] [B]Toyota[/B] [B]Volkswagen Group of America[/B] [B]Volvo Cars North America[/B] [B][/B] [B][/B] [B][/B][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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