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 US Copyright Office: Sure, jailbreak your iDevice all you want! |
 Jul 26 2010, 07:14 PM
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 You're NICKED!  Group: Moderators Posts: 12057 Joined: 19-December 04 From: Just south of the Great White North. Member No.: 17492  |
Apparently Jobs and Apple are so used to playing the aggrieved minority player that they forgot that Government hates a winner (that doesn't sufficiently grease the right palms) and now everyone has been given free-reign to jailbreak to their heart's content!
QUOTE `Jailbreaking' of IPhones to Add Apps Backed by U.S.
By Todd Shields and Adam Satariano - Jul 26, 2010 3:16 PM CDT Mon Jul 26 20:16:58 UTC 2010 iPhone 3GS made by Apple Inc. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg Owners of Apple Inc.’s iPhone can unlock the device to use applications not authorized by the company, the U.S. Library of Congress said. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington added the practice, described in the ruling as “jailbreaking,” to a list of actions that don’t violate copyright protections. The decision affecting iPhones and other smartphones was posted today on the agency’s website. The library acted as part of a periodic review by its copyright office, called for under a 1998 law, into whether legal uses of technology were being blocked. The ruling was a victory for Apple critics led by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a San Francisco-based privacy-rights group that petitioned the library. “Now people can go ahead and fix their phones and jailbreak them so they can run all sorts of different applications,” Corynne McSherry, the group’s senior staff attorney, said in an interview. “They can make full use of the phone they bought without some kind of legal liability hanging over their head.” Apple has sold almost 60 million iPhones since its 2007 debut. The company’s App Store has more than 225,000 applications available for download. The process for inclusion in the App Store has drawn criticism from some developers whose material was rejected by the company. The company based in Cupertino, California, says it typically withholds approval of applications because they have technical bugs or contain material such as pornography that the company considers inappropriate. ‘Great Experience’ “Apple’s goal has always been to ensure that our customers have a great experience with their iPhone and we know that jailbreaking can severely degrade the experience,” Natalie Harrison, an Apple spokeswoman, said today in an interview. “As we’ve said before, the vast majority of customers do not jailbreak their |
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Jul 26 2010, 07:27 PM
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 BEAT THAT HORSE!  Group: Grumpy Auld Bastards Posts: 36362 Joined: 8-July 09 From: --------> Member No.: 155186 |
It still voids the warranty.
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Jul 26 2010, 07:34 PM
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You're NICKED! Group: Moderators Posts: 12057 Joined: 19-December 04 From: Just south of the Great White North. Member No.: 17492 |
We'll see what the first judge that has to settle a case regarding a denied warranty due to jailbreak has to say about it.
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Jul 26 2010, 07:35 PM
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BEAT THAT HORSE! Group: Grumpy Auld Bastards Posts: 36362 Joined: 8-July 09 From: --------> Member No.: 155186 |
in about 20 years
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Jul 26 2010, 07:39 PM
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 Fasten then zip. You? Group: Grumpy Auld Bastards Posts: 4099 Joined: 23-November 04 From: A little left of center. Member No.: 13958 |
Is there an app for that?
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