READER INPUT
Jailbreak catch-22, kids ♥ robots, ladder logic, and space zillionaires.
In Volume 23, Cory Doctorow’s “Make Free” column stated that it is illegal to jailbreak devices due to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). However, this act was updated in July 2010 and it is no longer illegal.
—Nicky Semenza, Santa Clara, Calif.
AUTHOR’S REPLY: Good point, Nicky, but not entirely true. Under the July rulemaking by the U.S. Copyright Office, it’s not illegal, for the next three years, to jailbreak a mobile phone handset — but it’s probably still illegal to jailbreak a tablet.
And it’s still illegal to traffic in, create, or distribute ...
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