Apparently you can't own a Deere - EVER

[RushesToo]

Deere 's lawyers say you are purchasing a right to use but can't own it because their software is in it. Oh the Land of the Free what wonders you invent.

 

[PSQ]

Can you post a link to this?.

 

[RushesToo]

I'd be dangerous if I had a brain:
http://www.wired.com/2015/04/dmca-ownership-john-deere/?mbid=social_fb

 

[Thick Farmer]

Will they retain ownership of the head gasket too?

 

[stroller]

Microsoft are doing similar things with their programs, MS office is now available for a monthly fee if you want full functionality.

 

[Barleycorn]

Well surely Ferguson must have a claim on all tractors produced because the DNA of the three point linkage?!!

 

[SimpersTradeCounter]

Same with Bateman. You can use it alright, but don't you go modifying it unless you've cleared it with Jason first !!!

 

[llamedos]

Love the final quote in the article!

"If you bought it, you should own it—simple as that. It’s time corporate lawyers left the bulls**t to the farmers, who actually need it."

 

[FonterraFarmer]

I'll go with the quote,"If it sounds stupid, it probably is" , Ffs what planet are John Deere on?

 

[DrWazzock]

But don't we just love backing ourselves into these sorts of corners. We fall for it every time. Big shiny kit with all the bells and whistles, then it turns round and bites us when we ourselves have lost all control over its maintenance and repair and even its operation.

 

[nick...]

Maybe they will repair FOC then
Nick...

 

[Dry Rot]

Got to hand it to Deere's lawyers though. That must be what they call job creation!

 

[roscoe erf]

I know they are,a bugger to fence in

 

[warksfarmer]

So all tractors are leased then? ....... Mess up millions of farmers year end accounting process!

There's no such thing as a capital addition then so the annual investment allowance has never been used!

Nice!

 

[acorn]

Well that makes things very simple then.........

I want a new tractor without software please.

Acorn.

 

[multi power]

Deere 's lawyers say you are purchasing a right to use but can't own it because their software is in it. Oh the Land of the Free what wonders you invent.

@Farmers little Wife suggested delete all the emission and computer stuff off it then you wilt be able to own it as no deere software will be left on it

 

[banjo]

It will be interesting in a few years when the electrics are playing up if they still say they own it then, I doubt it very much!

 

[Dman2]

Sorry but what a load of rubbish
Nothing in the small print ( not even any small print )
When we bought our JD combine

 

[jonny]

Just seen in the farmers journal today Murphy's in Galway have lost the deere agency

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

From Tuesday it was apparently legal in the states to fix or hack your own tractor or combine again!

extract from Digital Millennium Copyright Act exemption, November 2015 (comes into force 1 year later):

Allow circumvention of TPMs [technological protection measures] protecting computer programs that control the functioning of a motorized land vehicle, including personal automobiles, commercial motor vehicles, and agricultural machinery, for purposes of lawful diagnosis and repair, or aftermarket personalization, modification, or other improvement. Under the exemption as proposed, circumvention would be allowed when undertaken by...the lawful owner of the vehicle.

Just for the next 2 years though, because JD might get too upset otherwise ....