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No, it's not. They haven't yet gone after people who jailbreak their phones. That doesn't mean they won't. And btw, they have gone after sites that talk about
by fatdog789 17y ago
No, it's not. They haven't yet gone after people who jailbreak their phones. That doesn't mean they won't.
And btw, they have gone after sites that talk about how to jailbreak the iPhone. Copyright was just an excuse.
- GHFigs 17y agoThat doesn't mean they won't. On what grounds would they aside from copyright? Copyright was just an excuse. I don't understand. Are you saying they have not had legitimate copyright claims, or that they have but that they are somehow irrelevant?
- Zev 17y ago* They haven't yet gone after people who jailbreak their phones* I like how you can predict the future... How else do you know what a company is going to do, before the company does it?
- jcl 17y agohttp://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/02/apple-says-jailbreaking-illegal http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/02/apple-says-jailbreaking... If Apple honestly believed they would never go after someone for jailbreaking, then they wouldn't waste their time laying the legal groundwork to do so.
- GHFigs 17y agoIf you read the actual filings instead of EFF's press releases, as I have, I believe you'll find the EFF's characterization to be misleading. They can be found here: http://www.copyright.gov/1201/2008/responses/ http://www.copyright.gov/1201/2008/responses/ Jailbreaking per se is not illegal. Violating copyright to do so is. The EFF filed for a DMCA exemption which would allow violating the DMCA for the purposes of jailbreaking, primarily of iPhones. The EFF is the one attempting to lay legal groundwork by changing the law -- what they propose is currently illegal. Apple's filing is only a response to the EFF's comments.