Cars ECUs have authentication/encryption protection against non authorized (dealer) access. So how come it's legal for companies like COBB, EcuTek, EcuEdit, etc. to crack the ECU authentication/encryption protection and expose tunes, which are ECU software programs and are copyright protected?
In US car ECUs covered by Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which is a copyright law that governs what the public can do with creative content—things like music, movies, and software.
Only in October 2015 the rulemakers have adopted exemption for Vehicle Software -ECUs (page 39-43)
http://www.copyright.gov/1201/2015/f...spectionFR.pdf
BUT it goes in effect in 12 month (Oct 2016) which means any such circumvention done earlier than 12 months is a subject of copyright infringement.
Also, note that exemption excludes circumvention "on behalf of" vehicle owners (top p43) which means it's illegal for tuners to flash you car as they're not owners of the car and can't do it on "your behalf".
So could someone please explain how come COBB, EcuTek, EcuEdit and such have been selling their soft for years?
I am genuinely curious.
WERE OUR COLLECTIVE ARSES TRICKED INTO ILLEGAL ACTIVITY BY PROMOTING/SELLING ECUTEK SOFTWARE WITHOUT ANY DISCLAIMER?
