[HH] Jailbreaking Exemption Law Could Expire Soon

[Tom Metro]

Something all hardware hackers should care about, even if you don't
subject yourself to iOS.

Jailbreaking Exemption Law Could Expire Soon
http://mashable.com/2012/01/25/jailbreaking-exemption-law/

  Protection granted by the U.S. Copyright Office for people who modify
  their iPhones and other iOS devices so they can install apps not
  authorized by Apple (known as "jailbreaking") is set to expire soon.
  That's why the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is rallying
  supporters to sign a petition to renew the jailbreaking exemption law.

  Three years ago the Copyright Office created an exemption to the1998
  Digital Millennium Copyright Act DMCA that would protect users who
  jailbroke their phones from legal threats. Without this protection,
  anyone with a jailbroken iOS device could have legal issues looming
  over their heads.

  Comments to the Copyright Office are due by Feb. 10. You can also
  visit jailbreakingisnotacrime.org to sign a petition supported by EFF
  and Andrew "Bunnie" Huang, author of Hacking the Xbox.


I signed the petition at http://jailbreakingisnotacrime.org/

 -Tom