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perfectly legal software fix from the Internet that turned it into a fully functioning tablet running on Google's Android platform Don't think this is legal, a
by jluxenberg 16y ago
perfectly legal software fix from the Internet that turned it into a fully functioning tablet running on Google's Android platform
Don't think this is legal, as the exception to the DMCA's anti-circumvention clause only applies to "wireless telephone handsets" [1]
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act#Anti-circumvention_exemptions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Ac...
- patrickaljord 16y agohttp://abcnews.go.com/Technology/us-government-jailbreaking-iphone-legal/story?id=11254253 http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/us-government-jailbreaking-...
- orangecat 16y agoConsidering the "circumvention" is inserting an SD card and turning it on, I doubt that would trigger the DMCA. The only question is whether the image that you burn to the card contains copyrighted B&N software, which I don't believe it does; it just installs additional software that grants root access. Installing the Android Market, Gmail, and other non-opensource Google apps is probably not legal, but Google has shown a deliberate lack of interest in preventing that.