Automotive Copyright Issues?

Do Copyrights for Books, Music Also Apply to Cars?

Chad Halcom | June 22, 2015

The U.S. Copyright Office will likely decide within months whether a law written partly to protect literature and music copyrights in the digital age also prevents car owners and mechanics from making vehicle repairs or diagnoses.

Source: http://jalopnik.com/carmakers-want-to-make-working-on-your-car-illegal-beca-1699132210

That federal agency, a division of the Library of Congress, held hearings last month and expects supplemental materials from attorneys shortly in its regular three-year review of proposed exemptions to the specific law involved: the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. 

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