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iPhone Jailbreaking, Unlocking is now Officially Legal

26 July 2010 by Vinay One Comment

Long time ago we posted an article about iPhone / iPod jailbreaking, unlocking is legal or illegal? We answered you that it’s legal but unofficially. Finally the dilemma is over and JB / UL is now officially legal. According to a recent report over MSNBC

Owners of the iPhone will be able to break electronic locks on their devices in order to download applications that have not been approved by Apple. The government is making that legal under new rules announced Monday.

The decision to allow the practice commonly known as “jailbreaking” is one of a handful of new exemptions from a federal law that prohibits the circumvention of technical measures that control access to copyrighted works. Every three years, the Library of Congress authorizes such exemptions to ensure that existing law does not prevent non-infringing use of copyrighted material.

Another exemption will allow owners of used cell phones to break access controls on their phones in order to switch wireless carriers.

JB

Hacking the iPhone/iPod Touch is not illegal. While Apple would like to make you think it is illegal, it is not. It is impossible to get in any legal trouble for hacking iPhone/iPod Touch . You and Apple made an exchange. You gave Apple money they asked and they gave you an iPhone/iPod. It is officially yours and you can do whatever you want with it.Because it is yours now, you bought it, you have the right to do whatever.

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  • Squirrel61 said:

    Wow, that’s great! I wonder what this means for games consoles unlocking, as far as it’s not directly meant for piracy. Like the Wii’s homebrew channel or the PSP’s custom firmware.

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