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February 18th, 2009

Mozilla, Skype join EFF in supporting jailbreakers

Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 9:34 am

Categories: Jailbreak, Legal, iPhone

Tags: Apple iPhone, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Exemption, Skype Technologies S.A., Apple Inc., Mozilla Corp., Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady

Software titans Mozilla and Skype have thrown their support behind the EFF and the iPhone jailbreaking community. A new filling with the US Copyright Office seeks an exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA) related to iPhone jailbreaking.

The exemption would strip Apple of its ability to charge groups with DMCA violations for circumventing the iPhone’s security by modifying Apple’s internal iPhone software, as long as they did it under the cover of “enabling interoperability,” according to the exemption wording proposed by the EFF.

More information on Apple’s quest to make jailbreaking illegal can be found on the Electronic Frontier Foundation Web site.

Jason D. O'GradyJason D. O'Grady is the editor of PowerPage.org, which has been publishing daily mobile technology news since December 1995. For disclosures on Jason's industry affiliations, click here or to view Jason's full profile click here.

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The backlash against Apple is growing  NonZealot | 02/18/09
Snorefest..  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 02/18/09
Apologize all you want for Apple, others are smartening up  NonZealot | 02/18/09
You need to get a grip  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 02/18/09
Better then  AzuMao | 02/18/09
NonZealot is wrong again!  No More Microsoft Software Ever! | 02/19/09
Yes but  athynz | 05/13/09
No alternative browsers?  vince7@... | 02/18/09
Off topic  Greenknight_z | 02/19/09
Apple Makes the best Smart Phone. Now...  shollomon | 02/18/09
Whoah, there!  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 02/18/09
So true!  dorkiedorkfromdorktown | 02/19/09
Ha Ha, pretty funny  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 02/20/09
Pay me for my software and I don't care what you do with it  NonZealot | 02/20/09
Heheheh,  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 02/20/09
I am a software developer  NonZealot | 02/20/09
Really? Let's see all this software you have developed?  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 02/20/09
50 million people disagree with you  NonZealot | 02/20/09
Put up or Shut up  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 02/20/09
Haha, I notice you ignored my stats!!  NonZealot | 02/20/09
"the home of windows mobile power users"  AzuMao | 02/24/09
Ummmm  athynz | 05/13/09
But apple preventing the phone...  JT82 | 02/18/09
i think we are talking about intstalling unapproved apps here..  doctorSpoc | 02/18/09
Um, no. Not off topic.  JT82 | 02/18/09
multi carrier SIM cards  Mr_Dave | 02/19/09
Skype self indulgence  a_gautier | 02/18/09
re. Skype self indulgence  Ceridan | 03/12/09
What cell company  athynz | 05/13/09
Welcome  Evan13 | 02/19/09
Thievery?  ahampson | 02/19/09
I think you may be a little confused  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 02/20/09
MS wouldn't stop you  NonZealot | 02/20/09
Riiiiiiiiight....  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 02/20/09
MS allows it right now  NonZealot | 02/20/09
Actually  athynz | 05/13/09
RE: Mozilla, Skype join EFF in supporting jailbreakers  perversion2003@... | 02/19/09
RE: Mozilla, Skype join EFF in supporting jailbreakers  johnmb | 02/19/09
Deleted, meant to hit reply to message (nt)  NonZealot | 02/20/09

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