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Re: the below quote. Could I sell my car to my mechanic, for $1, they then do "want they want with their property", and sell back to me for a value, say $301?
Whilst my mechanic has ownership, they can legally do as they please, including jail breaking any software, legally.... (Your Honour)
Quote from Pluralistic's 16th March 2026 Daily Links:
"That means that when the Copyright Office grants an exemption giving you the right to jailbreak your car so that you can make sense of the manufacturer's diagnostic codes and turn your "check engine" light into a specific, actionable diagnosis.
*You* have that right. Your *mechanic* does *not* have that right. You have the right to jailbreak your car and fix it."
@yuggy8 your mechanic would also have to do the reverse engineering and write the software. They don't have the right to hire someone to jailbreak your car.
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