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• lallysingh 17y ago
  You mean apple's in-house legal council argued that it's a DMCA violation to jailbreak a phone. E.g., doing the exact job any decent lawyer would do for their client. That's a little different from Steve Jobs saying "If you jailbreak your phone, I want you in federal prison." I'm no apple fanboy or hater (I donate to the EFF, and write this from a macbook pro), but if we want a company to behave "right" (for our definition-of-the-week of "right"), we have to be fair to them first.
• ryanwaggoner 17y ago
  Really sad. Is this kind of treachery the inevitable result of success?
  • jrockway 17y ago
    No, it's the inevitable result of making it legal for congresspeople to accept bribes. (Oh sorry, not bribes; lobbying money.)
    • sachinag 17y ago
      No, it's campaign contributions. Lobbyists are paid to ostensibly lobby. Of course, a part of lobbying is donating to various candidates and PACs.