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* 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, b
by 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.