Jailbreaking iPhone's now Legal !

[KevTucker]

It is now Legal to Jailbreak an iPhone and iPad. So can we now talk about it in these forums ??.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100726/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_digital_copyright

 

[CliffyBiro]

In the US...

 

[KevTucker]

I know

 

[imb4tman]

Just saw this on Engadget, fingers crossed the trend will make it this way.

unfortunately it doesn't stop companies trying to prevent you from rooting or jailbreaking.

 

[Wicksta]

It was never illegal anyway.

 

[kylew]

It was never illegal anyway.

This.

 

[cu3ed]

I assume the only grey area is what you downloaded to use on a jb device.


Kinda like it's not illegal to have a torrent client.....but....

 

[J1234]

It was never illegal, just against Apple's EULA.

 

[Scythe]

To be honest, that law is quite fair, some common sense in America!

Other stuff such as:

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.

I'm sure they are welcomed by the americans.

 

[Clown]

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...big-in-drm-ruling-jailbreaks-are-fair-use.ars

Here's another article about it.

 

[photoshop]

jailbreaking has always been legal, it just voids your warranty that's all.

 

[Mr-White]

jailbreaking has always been legal, it just voids your warranty that's all.

My phone got wet and has no warranty any way

MW

 

[SiriusB]

jailbreaking has always been legal, it just voids your warranty that's all.

Bah, just make sure you restore it to factory settings before you go to an Apple Store!

 

[MuGeN]

So if it is a simple EULA thing, why can't we talk about it on here?

 

[oli356]

So if it is a simple EULA thing, why can't we talk about it on here?

It will probably lead to illegal downloading of applications.

 

[JonB]

It was never illegal, just against Apple's EULA.

So why can't we discuss it, here, when it's used for none illegal uses. Such as customizing an iPhone etc.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

It was never illegal, just against Apple's EULA.

Does this mean it's still against forum policy?

 

[photoshop]

I think its a stupid forum policy not being able to discuss jailbreaking tbh.
As for jailbreaking leading to downloading of illegal apps, well thats up to people what they chose to do.

Owning a gun doesnt mean your going to go shoot someone now does it!

 

[Vegeta]

Let's not talk about torrents or port opening as we all know what that leads to... I think the rules need a change.