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alabamatoy
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Posted: 23 January 2017 at 6:14pm |
From Slashdot today:
Automakers are using the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to shut down tools used by car mechanics -- but three states are trying to stop them. An anonymous reader quotes IFixIt.Org: in 2014, Ford sued Autel for making a tool that diagnoses car trouble and tells you what part fixes it. Autel decrypted a list of Ford car parts, which wound up in their diagnostic tool. Ford claimed that the parts list was protected under copyright (even though data isn't creative work) -- and cracking the encryption violated the DMCA. The case is still making its way through the courts. But this much is clear: Ford didn't like Autel's competing tool, and they don't mind wielding the DMCA to shut the company down...Alabama needs to get on board with this!!! |
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BlackBird
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this problem had to be tackled at some point. needing Chrysler's proprietary scan tool to purge my ABS pump is a pain. Sure non dealers can get it, at the tune of over $10k plus the yearly subscription. Just not feasible for small shops much less individuals. I've been looking at getting an Autel device that can diagnose everything, because now we are up to needing to read codes from engine, trans (can be integrated with engine), ABS, SRS (airbag), and communications (interior controls).
I hate the idea of more regulation/law, but like the article says, we have to fix copyright law first. Should have never been a problem in the first place. I guess I can get happy with this setting things back to the way they should have been all along.
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Doc Savage
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And this is yet another reason I have no computer in my daily driver, and don't want one.
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alabamatoy
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An update.... apparently the US Copyright Office agrees with us.
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Hard to believe, but it sounds like someone has some common sense.
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stout22
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Amazing! A rare display of common sense by a legislative body!
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