How many of you have childhood memories of your dads out in the garage working on the car? Well John Deere and General Motors want to put a stop to that. How? Ever hear of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act? It was a 1998 piece of legislation designed to give technology developers (software in particular) the same copyright protection books, movies and music have. So what does that have to do with dad? According to Wired, several manufacturers are using the DMCA to try to make it illegal to tinker with their copy-written software, and thus your car. Some makers are taking the argument further by suggesting when you “buy” a car, you’re “buying” the right to use it, but the manufacturer retains the real “ownership”. We suggest you put on your lawyer cap to understand this one.