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Carmakers Push Forward With Plans To Make Basic Features Subscription Services, Despite Widespread Backlash (www.techdirt.com)
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[–] 6 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

And I bet I could wire the heated seats to work without even needing to take a Tesla to car toys. Heated seat circuits aren't that complicated. It's a heating element mat, maybe a motor and fan if you have cooled seats as well. You don't need software. You need a toggle switch and a thermistor.

Also reverse engineering for the purpose of interoperability is protected by the DMCA.

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    You could bypass and put your own hardwired switch in. But it wouldn't be integrated into the car's gui.

    reverse engineering for the purpose of interoperability is protected by the DMCA.

    "to the extent any such acts of identification and analysis do not constitute infringement under this title."

    https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/1201#

    Modchips makers were sued and jailed. Interoperability didn't apply because they violated the "no commercial use" part of the title.

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