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 Post subject: Jailbreaking/Unlocking now officially legal
 Post Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 12:22 pm 
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So the DMCA added an exception today which makes it completely legal to jailbreak/unlock your iDevice. Although this doesn't mean Apple will stop trying to prevent jailbreaking, it's still a huge win for the EFF.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38413597/ns/technology_and_science-wireless/

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 Post subject: Re: Jailbreaking/Unlocking now officially legal
 Post Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 12:38 pm 
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Whoa... from the same page:
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In addition to jailbreaking, other exemptions announced Monday would:

•allow owners of used cell phones to break access controls on their phones in order to switch wireless carriers.
allow people to break technical protections on video games to investigate or correct security flaws.
•allow college professors, film students and documentary filmmakers to break copy-protection measures on DVDs so they can embed clips for educational purposes, criticism, commentary and noncommercial videos.
allow computer owners to bypass the need for external security devices called dongles if the dongle no longer works and cannot be replaced.
•allow blind people to break locks on electronic books so that they can use them with read-aloud software and similar aides.

So various forms of software cracking is now legal apparently despite EULA agreements, and loopholes have just been formed for various cracking methods for multimedia as well? Wowwwww.


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 Post subject: Re: Jailbreaking/Unlocking now officially legal
 Post Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 2:45 pm 
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:o WOW :o

Sudden breakout of common sense!

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 Post subject: Re: Jailbreaking/Unlocking now officially legal
 Post Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 5:41 pm 
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This has "fishy fishy fish" written all over it. :O


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 Post subject: Re: Jailbreaking/Unlocking now officially legal
 Post Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 6:10 pm 
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About time...
Though I didn't know that up to this point it was illegal to put non-apple software on an iphone in the US.... that’s kinda sad...


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 Post subject: Re: Jailbreaking/Unlocking now officially legal
 Post Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:33 pm 
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I wonder if this means it's legal to use the "tethering" on a jailbroke iphone? :D .

I wonder if this will have any influence on putting software intended for one hardware system on to another system(ie mac osx on a non-mac pc).

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