[SoothingDave]

It’s not absurd. And it isn’t preventing you from taking a wrench to your car.

What it’s about is people who want to “hack” the car’s computer to change the way the engine operates. To get more “performance.”

Like I said yesterday, this is a warranty issue. If you monkey with the settings to get more horsepower and end up blowing up your engine, don’t expect the manufacturer to cover your car.

[cuban leaf]

It’s not absurd. And it isn’t preventing you from taking a wrench to your car.

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Actually, my use of the word absurd was sparked by the John Deere claim about pirating music.

Regarding modifying your car, there have always been laws against it to some degree. I remember a case where a guy lowered his car by removing the springs and cutting short lengths of 4x4 for the car to sit on.

Illegal. And danged dangerous.

[MileHi]

If you monkey with the settings to get more horsepower and end up blowing up your engine, don’t expect the manufacturer to cover your car.

Fine. But if I want to do it anyway, I will. Especially once the warranty expires.

[-YYZ-]

A warranty issue would be an issue between the car owner and the manufacturer - a civil matter at worst - not something that the DMCA should be involved in. There may be good reasons to not want people to monkey around with their car’s ECU programming, but I don’t think the DMCA is one of them.