Class action law suit here we come! On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 2:03 PM, Kiggundu Mukasa <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/07/26/us_government_legalizes_iphone_jailbreaking_for_unauthorized_apps.html > > US government legalizes iPhone 'jailbreaking,' unlocking > > By Neil Hughes <[email protected]> > Published: 11:40 AM EST > > *The U.S. government on Monday announced new rules that make it officially > legal for iPhone owners to "jailbreak" their device and run unauthorized > third-party applications. In addition, it is now acceptable to unlock any > cell phone for use on multiple carriers.* > > According to *The Associated Press*, the government approved a handful of > new > exemptions<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100726/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_digital_copyright> > to > a federal law that prevents the circumvention of technical measure that > prevent users from accessing and modifying copyrighted works. The report > noted that every three years, the Library of Congress' Copyright Office > authorizes exemptions to ensure existing law does not prevent non-infringing > use of copyrighted material. > > In addition, another exemption was approved that would allow all cell phone > users to unlock their device for use on an unapproved carrier. Currently, > Apple's iPhone is available exclusively through AT&T, but unlocking it can > allow for voice calls and EDGE data speeds on rival carrier T-Mobile. > > Other exemptions announced Monday allow people to break protections on > video games to investigate or correct security flaws; allow college > professors, film students and documentary filmmakers to break copy > protection measures on DVDs to embed clips for educational purposes, > criticism, commentary and noncommercial videos; and allow computer owners to > bypass the need for external security devices (dongles) if the hardware no > longer works and cannot be replaced. > > The warranty-voiding jailbreak process allows users to run software not > approved by Apple, which has no plans to allow users to install third-party > applications downloaded from outside its sanctioned App Store. Hackers have > created their own custom applications -- many free, and some for purchase > from an alternative storefront known as Cydia. > > Apple has been > criticized<http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/19/apples_campaign_to_win_the_app_store_publicity_battle.html> > for > its strict control over the iPhone App Store, requiring that all > applications be approved before they are made available for download. The > company has defended this practice, stating that it keeps faulty and > potentially dangerous software from being made available, as well as banning > unsavory content such as pornography. > > In April, Jobs cited an unsanctioned pornography > store<http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/04/08/steve_jobs_admits_apple_tried_to_buy_admob_warns_of_porn_on_android.html> > available > for the Google Android platform as a reason to not support unsigned > applications. "That's a place we don't want to go," Jobs said, "so we're not > going to." > > In addition to allowing access to legitimate third-party software, both > free and paid, through services like Cydia, jailbreaking can also be used > to pirate App Store > software<http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/01/25/iphone_app_store_developers_find_ways_to_profit_from_pirates.html>, > one major reason why Apple has fought the > practice<http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/02/13/apple_and_eff_argue_over_iphone_jailbreaking.html> > . > > Hackers have been hard at > work<http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/06/23/hackers_release_jailbreak_of_ios_4_for_apples_iphone_3gs.html> > on > jailbreaking iOS 4 since it was released in June. Though the iPhone 3GS and > iPhone 3G have been exploited, the iPhone Dev Team has continued their > efforts toward both jailbreaking and unlocking the iPhone 4. With Monday's > decision by the U.S. government, their efforts are now considered legal. > > > > > -- Acta Virum Probant -- > > - ---- > Kiggundu Mukasa > SERVAL LTD. > Plot 80 Kanjokya Street > P.O. Box 24284 Kampala, Uganda > Tel: +256 772 972255 > +256 414 571779 > Fax: +256 312 262122 > > http://serval.ug > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > > -- Sanga M. Collins Network Engineering ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Google Voice: (954) 324-1365 E- fax: (435) 578 7411
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