The overall economic impact of total copyright enforcement would be massive and the auto makers know it. They just want to get a slice of the aftermarket pie. Which for 2015 is estimated at $36 billion, yes $36,000,000,000. If they can get stricter copyright laws then they can create licenses and thereby do zero work but collect money.
https://www.sema.org/products/23100/...-market-report
SEMA has already vowed to fight it.
https://www.sema.org/sema-enews/2015...-copyright-law