There's recently been some great reporting and advocacy regarding the legal status of the software running modern motor vehicles. Here are a few academic perspectives (courtesy mostly of Facebook):
- Christina Mulligan, Personal Property Servitudes on the Internet of Things, Georgia Law Review (forthcoming)
- Irina D. Manta and David S. Olson, Hello Barbie: First They Will Monitor You, Then They Will Discriminate Against You. Perfectly, Alabama Law Review (forthcoming)
- Bryant Walker Smith, Proximity-Driven Liability, 102 Georgetown Law Journal 1777 (2014)