EFF is fighting for vehicle owners’ rights to inspect the code that runs their vehicles and to repair and modify their vehicles, or have a mechanic of their choice do the work. At the moment, the anti-circumvention prohibition in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act arguably restricts vehicle inspection, repair, and modification. If EFF is
Automakers Say You Don’t Really Own Your Car
John Deere even argued that letting people modify car computer systems will result in them pirating music through the on-board entertainment system.