As it stands, the often empowering act of jailbreaking your device remains perfectly legal thanks to an exemption embedded in the DMCA. In July of 2010 the government created an exemption, ruling that such tinkering perfectly legal as long as the intent wasn't to bypass copy protection. With the exemption set to expire, user uid://656685 writes in to note the Electronic Freedom Foundation is waging a campaign to convince the U.S. Copyright Office to extend the exemption and expand it to ensure it covers tablets. The USCO is fielding comments via this link until February 10 at 5 PM Eastern Time. If you actually like having full control over the devices you pay hundreds of dollars for, it might be worth making your voices heard.
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'Jailbreaking' Exemption to DMCA Expires Soon - EFF Pushes to Ensure Jailbreaking Remains Legal
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 6:32am MST