The Congress has come to the decision that jailbreaking is allowed under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). This is good news for, well just about everyone. Now this doesn’t just cover jailbreaking, it also covers rooting your phone (Android and WebOS users). Unfortunately, jailbreaking will still void your warranty. Ehh, for those of you like me who jailbreak for the fun of it and don’t care about the warranty it’s a green light. Now if only there was a way that Apple would not be allowed to prevent jailbreaking.
14 Responses to “Jailbreaking Now Legal”
Exactly, If apple created the iPhone into a more open source device I doubt there would be much discussion about jailbreaking.
Exactly, If apple created the iPhone into a more open source device I doubt there would be much discussion about jailbreaking.
Windows mobile FTW!!!!! lol I forgot I had the netfront browse. who cares anyways people still would do it even if it was still “illegal” I did it
True, not the windows mobile part, but people will always do the illegal. It’s not like jailbreaking directly takes money away from App developers.
Windows mobile FTW!!!!! lol I forgot I had the netfront browse. who cares anyways people still would do it even if it was still “illegal” I did it
True, not the windows mobile part, but people will always do the illegal. It’s not like jailbreaking directly takes money away from App developers.
this is stupid people work really hard and spend alot of money making precious applications and now they make it legal to do something that should be illegal? i totally disagree with this
Wow, you don’t get the point of jailbreaking. The point is not to pirate apps, it’s to run 3rd party apps. Jailbreaking was originally created in order to add custom ringtones to iOS 1.x. Can you pirate apps when jailbroken, yes, that’s the nature of the hack, but Cydia, Rock, and Icy all tell you that the repository you are adding has illegal content. Jailbreaking is a great way to distribute your own app without a Apple’s developers license. Don’t be a hypocrite, it doesn’t legalize piracy, it simply says that you can hack your own devices for unlocking purposes and adding custom functions.
this is stupid people work really hard and spend alot of money making precious applications and now they make it legal to do something that should be illegal? i totally disagree with this
Wow, you don’t get the point of jailbreaking. The point is not to pirate apps, it’s to run 3rd party apps. Jailbreaking was originally created in order to add custom ringtones to iOS 1.x. Can you pirate apps when jailbroken, yes, that’s the nature of the hack, but Cydia, Rock, and Icy all tell you that the repository you are adding has illegal content. Jailbreaking is a great way to distribute your own app without a Apple’s developers license. Don’t be a hypocrite, it doesn’t legalize piracy, it simply says that you can hack your own devices for unlocking purposes and adding custom functions.
Well this is great news! So if I sent in my “jailbreaked” iPhone to Apple they would refuse to repair it even if its now considered legal?
well not quite, they can still void your warranty, and do what they usually do. As far as I know the Digital Millennium Act just covers the US. Apple had been claiming that jailbreaking broke their copyright, which according to the DCMA it does not. I don’t know if this will cause Apple to change their procedures
Well this is great news! So if I sent in my “jailbreaked” iPhone to Apple they would refuse to repair it even if its now considered legal?
well not quite, they can still void your warranty, and do what they usually do. As far as I know the Digital Millennium Act just covers the US. Apple had been claiming that jailbreaking broke their copyright, which according to the DCMA it does not. I don’t know if this will cause Apple to change their procedures