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How exactly is that legal? Am I actually leasing the vehicle?
by protomyth 10y ago
How exactly is that legal? Am I actually leasing the vehicle?
- Joeri 10y agoIt probably isn't, and they know this, but good luck getting a court to agree with you on it.
- falcolas 10y agoYou are leasing the software required to make the car work. Sadly, not terribly uncommon.
- protomyth 10y agoWhich other car manufacture has disabled someone's car for getting it repaired without their approval? Heck, which car manufacture has to re-enable a person's car?
- jdmichal 10y agoI don't know about cars, but this has been a battle with tractors for a while. The car industry is actually just playing catch-up. http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2015/08/17/432601480/diy-tractor-repair-runs-afoul-of-copyright-law http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2015/08/17/432... EDIT: The outcome of this was that the current DMCA exemptions includes language to circumvent such "protections" (including Tesla's here) for the purposes of repair and modification. See section III-6: https://www.copyright.gov/1201/ https://www.copyright.gov/1201/