Jailbreaking Could Soon Become Illegal Again

[Daniel]

Back in July 2010, the United Stated government approved few exemptions in a federal law which made jailbreaking/rooting of electronic devices(iPhones and Android devices) legal. The court ruling stated that every three years, the exemptions have to be renewed considering they don't infringe any copyrighted material. The three year period is due to expire and Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is looking to get the exemptions renewed. In order to do so, they have filed a petition which aims at government to declare jailbreaking legal once again. In addition to that, EFF is also asking for a change in the original ruling to include tablet devices.

Here's the EFF's own page on the issue.

http://www.gizmocrazed.com/2012/01/j...illegal-again/

Daniel Reviewed by Daniel on 27th Jan 2012. Jailbreaking Could Soon Become Illegal Again Back in July 2010, the United Stated government approved few exemptions in a federal law which made jailbreaking/rooting of electronic devices(iPhones and Android devices) legal. The court ruling stated that every three years, the exemptions have to be renewed considering they don't infringe any copyrighted material. The three year period is due to expire and Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is looking to get the exemptions renewed. In order to do so, they have filed a petition which aims Rating: 5

[Bretteo]

I have been hearing a lot about this, even if it does become illegal again, i highly doubt that it will deter may people from doing it

[Daniel]

Who cares.. Illegal or not i'll do whatever i want with my phone. I may as well take a hammer and test its screen, oh wait, is that illegal too? Patents, IP, copyright, SOPA, PIPA, lawsuits.. fuck them

[Myth?]

Well said, everything I wanted in one.