Jailbreaking your iPhone is now legal!

[thewayne]

When the DMCA was passed in '98, part of the law stipulated that the Library of Congress would review possible exemptions every three years. They just concluded that allowing jailbreaking of iPhones was a valid exemption to allow people to thwart Apple's monopolistic iTunes store and allow them to install apps not approved by Apple.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/feds-ok-iphone-jailbreaking/

They also approved the following:
*allow the unlocking of mobile phones to change carriers.
*allow the cracking of video game digital rights management controls to probe security flaws.
*allow the breaking of DVD encryption by professors, students and documentary makers so the clips can be used for education and commentary.
*allow the blind to circumvent locks on e-books to enable read-aloud features.
*allow the bypassing of broken or irreplaceable dongles.

http://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/07/26/1552249/Jailbreaking-iPhone-Now-Legal

Comments

[silveradept]

That's a fantastic decision, and I'm quite happy to know that the Fair Use people are starting to understand the legitimate need for people to, y'know, be able to use the things they buy in the manner they intend.