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Cory Doctorow answers this in his book “The Internet Con”. IBM fought with DoJ for years. Today, it’s a felony to mess with anything locked down (anti circumven
by piyuv 10mo ago
Cory Doctorow answers this in his book “The Internet Con”. IBM fought with DoJ for years. Today, it’s a felony to mess with anything locked down (anti circumvention)
- subscribed 10mo agoI don't think it's a felony to root/jailbreak one's own phone.
- Yokolos 10mo agoThe problem is doing it as a company. IBM wasn't defeated by hobbyists building their own PCs. They were defeated by other companies reverse engineering their BIOS and selling their own IBM compatible systems. This isn't possible anymore. It just means you get buried in lawsuits until you go bankrupt.
- immibis 10mo agoIt is. 17 U.S. Code § 1201 - Circumvention of copyright protection systems
- aspenmayer 10mo agoWell actually, it isn’t for individuals and certain groups, technically. Rooting/jailbreaking have had exemptions for many years now, on a three year basis which has seemingly been continually renewed, by the Librarian of Congress. Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies (2024) https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/28/2024-24563/exemption-to-prohibition-on-circumvention-of-copyright-protection-systems-for-access-control https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/28/2024-24... https://www.eff.org/issues/dmca-rulemaking https://www.eff.org/issues/dmca-rulemaking
- garbagewoman 10mo agoYou’re breaking the TOS which is a felony according to the CFAA
- aspenmayer 10mo agoSounds like FUD to me. All of the cases I’m familiar with actually say that violating TOS isn’t against CFAA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act
- garbagewoman 10mo agoFamiliar with the Aaron Swartz case?
- aspenmayer 10mo agoYes, I’m familiar with the case. He was caught interfering with equipment on the MIT campus in order to additionally violate TOS of JSTOR, wasn’t he? He shouldn’t have expected to prevail in court, and I’m saddened by his decision to end his own life. That said, he did a whole lot more besides violating TOS, so I’m not sure how applicable his case is to the topic under discussion, strictly speaking.
- garbagewoman 10mo agoThe charge of computer fraud was based on the breaking of TOS for MIT and JSTOR
- aspenmayer 10mo ago> The charge of computer fraud was based on the breaking of TOS for MIT and JSTOR He wasn’t convicted, so that’s not been proved to be against the law in this case, so it doesn’t support the argument you’re advancing in this thread.
- matheusmoreira 10mo agohttps://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/06/felony-contempt-business-model-lexmarks-anti-competitive-legacy https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/06/felony-contempt-busine... It's not your phone, it's theirs. They're just letting you use it, and only if you're a good boy who follows all their policies and terms and conditions. Subvert this in any way and it's a felony.