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U.S. Declares iPhone Jailbreaking Legal, Over Apple’s Objections

27 July 2010 No Comment

First today, RoadMAP has a followup to last week’s item about T-Mobile’s consideration of transgressing the line on net neutrality.  The folks at T-Mobile have put out a statement attempting to clarify matters, as well as a somewhat clunky translation of the Der Spiegel interview which started the brouhaha.  Make up your own mind….

Returning to RoadMAP’s usual business, this has been a good week for those of us who have struggled under the rather oppressive framework of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.  Yesterday, the Library of Congress blessed the folks who want to “jailbreak” their iPhones.  This article also describes an important decision issued last week which expands the fair use exemption under the DMCA.

U.S. Declares iPhone Jailbreaking Legal, Over Apple’s Objections
Federal regulators lifted a cloud of uncertainty when they announced it was lawful to hack or “jailbreak” an iPhone, declaring Monday there was “no basis for copyright law to assist Apple in protecting its restrictive business model.”
Jailbreaking is hacking the phone’s OS to allow consumers to run any app on the phone they choose, including applications not authorized by Apple.

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