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MacDailyNews: Apple: iPhone jailbreaking violates our copyright and DMCA; EFF asks for DMCA exemption
iPhone Buzz: Apple: iPhone jailbreaking breaks the law, voids warranty
Top iPhone News: Apple: iPhone jailbreaking breaks the law, voids warranty
iSmashPhone: Apple To Jailbreakers: Back Off -- We Have The Law On Our Side
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Apple: iPhone jailbreaking violates our copyright and DMCA; EFF asks for DMCA exemption
MacDailyNews —
... a DMCA exemption on behalf of iPhone owners who have chosen to jailbreak their iPhones, or bypass the restriction Apple places on standard iPhones that only allows the installation of applications from approved sources: the App Store," Krazit reports. "In its response to the Copyright Offic, Apple disagreed that such an exemption was proper because the very act of jailbreaking the iPhone results in copyright infringement," Krazit reports. More info and links in the full article here .
Apple: iPhone jailbreaking breaks the law, voids warranty
iPhone Buzz —
... potential damage to the device and other potential harmful physical effects.” It also constitutes a breach of contract, Apple attorney David Hayes of Fenwick and West wrote.
If Apple really does decide to crack down on the jailbreaking developers and their works, it would be really weird. The idea of jailbreaking comes out due to some iPhone's limitation, meaning that it's a part of the creativity, innovation...
So what do you think?
[via CNET]
Apple: iPhone jailbreaking breaks the law, voids warranty
Top iPhone News —
... to the device and other potential harmful physical effects.” It also constitutes a breach of contract, Apple attorney David Hayes of Fenwick and West wrote.
If Apple really does decide to crack down on the jailbreaking developers and their works, it would be really weird. The idea of jailbreaking comes out due to some iPhone’s limitation, meaning that it’s a part of the creativity, innovation…
So what do you think?
[via CNET]
Apple To Jailbreakers: Back Off -- We Have The Law On Our Side
iSmashPhone —
... jailbreaks are facilitated with automated systems like Cydia and the Devteam toolsets, which require no great programming skill on the part of the phone owner. Whether or not Apple gets their way with the Copyright Office, there's certainly an anti-bootlegging/anti-officially-available-app sentiment floating through the developer community, with some coders toying with the idea of designing their app to recognize it's on a jailbroken phone -- and refuse to work. [Via CNET]
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