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I thought jailbreaking was legal now? [1] It seems to me that both jailbreaking and pirating iOS apps is a pretty common activity even among non-technical peopl

by __alexs 14y ago

I thought jailbreaking was legal now? [1] It seems to me that both jailbreaking and pirating iOS apps is a pretty common activity even among non-technical people. Obviously OS level DRM like iOS makes it harder for people but people still seem very keen on doing it and the incentive to do so isn't going away. Piracy, just like Shrinkage [2] is a fact of doing business. [1] http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/feds-ok-iphone-jailbreaking/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/feds-ok-iphone-jail... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrinkage_(accounting) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrinkage_(accounting)

jrochkind1 14y ago
jailbreaking _phones_ is _possibly temporarily_ legal, as an exception to DMCA by the Librarian of Congress which has to be explicitly renewed every few years. Jailbreaking tablets is not legal. Providing or distributing software intended to help you jailbreak is also illegal, even though jailbreaking may be legal. See the EFF on this (and donate some money to them!): https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/11/2012-dmca-rulemaking-what-we-got-what-we-didnt-and-how-to-improve https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/11/2012-dmca-rulemaking-w...