DMCA exemption makes jailbreak legal
The exemption granted in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) makes a jailbreak legal in the US despite Apple's claim that jailbreak software violates copyright laws. This is great news for users who may be leery about having their iPhone jailbroken for fear of committing an illegal act. The fact of making jailbreak legal is also good for software developers, who would otherwise be shut out of the huge iPhone market.
Apple's restrictive policies in terms of apps allowed to be installed in their devices are seen s a business decision, designed to corner the apps market. The courts ruled that while these policies are allowable, any effort to circumvent the controls to prevent third party ap
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