DISGRACEFUL: Automakers to gearheads: Stop repairing cars: Car Companies Say Home Repairs Are ‘Legally Problematic,’ Seek Copyright Restrictions. “Automakers are supporting provisions in copyright law that could prohibit home mechanics and car enthusiasts from repairing and modifying their own vehicles. In comments filed with a federal agency that will determine whether tinkering with a car constitutes a copyright violation, OEMs and their main lobbying organization say cars have become too complex and dangerous for consumers and third parties to handle.”

When you buy stuff, you should own it, and busybodies should stuff it. And this is just further proof that copyright law has gone way too far, and become a big-business-protection racket, not something devoted to promoting the progress of science and the useful arts.