On 08/17/2012 03:15 PM, Tim Mensch wrote:
On 8/17/2012 7:51 AM, Jeffrey Kesselman wrote:
At least in the United States I don't believe that anyone can
restrict you from doing anything you want with a device you paid for
and own.
The DMCA has an anti-cirucumvention clause, IIRC, that makes it
illegal to sell or distribute tools that could be used to break "copy
protection," and it's been argued (successfully, IIRC) that rooting a
device could be considered a means of breaking copy protection.
AFAIK, that still doesn't stop people from rooting phones, but it
MIGHT stop people from selling software to root phones.
Tim
The DMCA is a ridiculous law in the first place. It was lobbied for by
Disney so they could keep selling their old cartoons to new
generations. The original copyright periods were just fine. And yes
I'm sure you can find a lawyer who can snow a judge or jury into
believing that rooting a phone is breaking copy protection. After all
they've been snowing the patent office for years.
We''re all against piracy but I find questionable the penalties imposed
which seem like more a way to drum up business for the prison industrial
complex.
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