The EFF wins a DMCA exemption for cars

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has announcedthat its petition for an exemption to the US Digital Millennium CopyrightAct for automotive software has been accepted. "Because Section 1201prohibits unlocking 'access controls' on the software, car companies havebeen able to threaten legal action against anyone who needs to get aroundthose restrictions, no matter how legitimate the reason. While thecopyright office removed this legal cloud from much car software research,it also delayed implementation of the exemption for one year."