From: The Washington Post
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And because every car comes with a CPU — and many CPUs contain proprietary information — tooling around in the garage could also amount to a copyright violation. So said the Alliance of Automakers, a trade group that includes Ford and Toyota among many other companies, earlier this year as the U.S. Copyright Office mulled exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
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But on Tuesday, the Library of Congress, of the U.S. Copyright Office is a part, issued exemptions to DMCA that pleased many auto enthusiasts. In a ruling that also freed those who wish to modify tablets and smart TVs, the LOC said, more or less, monkey away.
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