If you have an iPhone, you probably have read about people trying to jailbreak their iPhone to make it perform in ways that Apple doesn’t want. Apparently, Apple spent some time trying to make this illegal based on the Digitial Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). In response, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) asked the U.S. Copyright Office and the Library of Congress to oppose this. Today, EFF has announced success with their petition to limit Apple’s efforts.
The ruling essentially allows circumvention of copyright protection measures put in place by companies like Apple under a specific set of circumstances including mobile phone operating systems playing host to software applications, movies, video games, and e-books. Some notable examples of exceptions beyond jailbreaking iPhones include educational uses and documentary film making.
More information on this ruling by the US Copyright Office can be found in the official ruling at Copyright.gov.
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