Re: [Fed-Talk] Re: US Gov't Makes Jailbreaking Legal
Re: [Fed-Talk] Re: US Gov't Makes Jailbreaking Legal
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Re: US Gov't Makes Jailbreaking Legal
- From: "Danziger, Alan D." <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:51:51 -0400
- Acceptlanguage: en-US
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] Re: US Gov't Makes Jailbreaking Legal
Title: Re: [Fed-Talk] Re: US Gov't Makes Jailbreaking Legal
Apple doesn’t “disable jailbroken phones” per se. An iPhone/iPod software upgrade wipes and recreates the operating system partition of the device. If the user has done something to their device which breaks Apple’s core assumptions, the new software might not work. But that’s not Apple disabling anything. A complete restore should always recover the device.
Apple does not PRESERVE the jailbroken state of a device, but – really – why would you expect them to do so? They do not support certain uses of their products. They go out of their way to tell people that if they do so, the changes will not be supported. And if a user (for example) overclocks the iPhone, and thus overheats and burns out the CPU, do you think that should be covered? I don’t.
Can you suggest a vendor / device that – if the user damages it by doing something ‘under the hood’ - WOULD still honor the warranty? Some devices have “user-serviceable” parts, but if you (for example) install Linux on a computer that you purchased with Windows installed, you should not expect to get SOFTWARE support for your non-standard changes.
Now, jailbreaking shouldn’t (and doesn’t, from what I’ve heard/seen) prevent a user from getting service under their HARDWARE warranty... Perhaps Apple doesn’t make that distinction in order to keep people from jailbreaking – I don’t know...
-=Alan
On 7/29/10 9:10 AM, "Kim, Andy (Gregg)" <email@hidden> wrote:
The new government rules, however, won't stop Apple from continuing its practice of disabling jailbroken phones with software upgrades.
You know what that means owners of such phones might not be able to take advantage of software improvements, and they still run the risk of voiding their warranty. All the new rules do is exempt the user from legal liability.
Andy Kim
Dir of I T
U.S. Senator Judd Gregg
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From: "Blackmon Jerry (Contractor)" <email@hidden>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:58:07 -0400
To: Carlos <email@hidden>
Cc: "email@hidden" <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Re: US Gov't Makes Jailbreaking Legal
I had the exact same reaction, but apparently there's a provision in the DMCA that requires the Librarian of Congress to make blanket fair use determinations every three years or so. I don't know details or specifics though.
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