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<blockquote data-quote="inactive" data-source="post: 2740308" data-attributes="member: 7488"><p>Well, when the software in a vehicle is a very significant if not the primary functional piece of the vehicle itself (for example, newer 7-series BMWs have over 100 modules on at least 5 different circuit buses controlling everything from fuel/air spark, to the radio, to the transmission, to the fly-by-wire gas pedal, to the LED headlamps, to the airbags, etc...), and we have a manufacturer asserting that we don't own nor can we modify the the software controlling the vehicle we purchase inside the vehicle ("that proponents of copyright reform mistakenly 'conflate ownership of a vehicle with ownership of the underlying computer software in a vehicle.'” -from <a href="http://www.wired.com/2015/04/dmca-ownership-john-deere/" target="_blank">http://www.wired.com/2015/04/dmca-ownership-john-deere/</a> ) then it's not a stretch to assert that consumers are now being precluded from fulling owning and modifying the products the purchase. </p><p></p><p>In a 2015 model year vehicle, the computer code is a large, if not the most signficant and prominent, parts of the vehicle that a lay-mechanic may want to work on at home</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="inactive, post: 2740308, member: 7488"] Well, when the software in a vehicle is a very significant if not the primary functional piece of the vehicle itself (for example, newer 7-series BMWs have over 100 modules on at least 5 different circuit buses controlling everything from fuel/air spark, to the radio, to the transmission, to the fly-by-wire gas pedal, to the LED headlamps, to the airbags, etc...), and we have a manufacturer asserting that we don't own nor can we modify the the software controlling the vehicle we purchase inside the vehicle ("that proponents of copyright reform mistakenly 'conflate ownership of a vehicle with ownership of the underlying computer software in a vehicle.'” -from [url]http://www.wired.com/2015/04/dmca-ownership-john-deere/[/url] ) then it's not a stretch to assert that consumers are now being precluded from fulling owning and modifying the products the purchase. In a 2015 model year vehicle, the computer code is a large, if not the most signficant and prominent, parts of the vehicle that a lay-mechanic may want to work on at home [/QUOTE]
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