Re: [Fed-Talk] US rules jailbreaking tablets is illegal
Re: [Fed-Talk] US rules jailbreaking tablets is illegal
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] US rules jailbreaking tablets is illegal
- From: Jeffrey Walton <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:07:24 -0400
On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Jon Callas <email@hidden> wrote:
> On Oct 29, 2012, at 2:17 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Jon Callas <email@hidden> wrote:
> On Oct 27, 2012, at 12:03 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
>
> I find it interesting we don't have exemptions for Security Testing
>
> and Evaluation (ST&E)....
>
> There is already exemptions for security testing in the DMCA proper.
>
> Forgive my ignorance (and bad citation). I only see where the
> exception is granted for Video Games
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act#Title_IV:_Miscellaneous_Provisions).
>
> I believe you have extensive experience where Computer Science meets
> Law. Could you provide a reference?
>
>
> That's because you're reading Wikipedia. :-)
>
> The section you're looking at is the Title IV exemptions that the Librarian
> of Congress has given to the DMCA, not the DMCA itself. That's like looking
> at the amendments to the Constitution, not the Constitution itself.
>
> There's a link for the law itself in the article, but it's hard to find and
> here's the shortcut:
>
> http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-105publ304/pdf/PLAW-105publ304.pdf
>
> Look for section 1201, which is the anti-circumvention provisions.
>
> There are a number of exemptions that follow. That version of it is very
> badly formatted and there are not even page numbers, but search for the
> major exemptions:
>
> (f) REVERSE ENGINEERING.
> (g) ENCRYPTION RESEARCH.
> (i) PROTECTION OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION.
> (j) SECURITY TESTING.
>
> (j) is the one you want in specific. (i) is entertaining, because it lets
> you break spyware among other things. (g) is also mostly relevant, and I
> include (f) because most people don't realize that there are exemptions for
> that, but it is there for making compatible equipment.
Thanks Jon. Reliance on wikipedia for interpretations is crippling.
I've never really learned how to perform searches of legal databases
(outside of patent searches through google).
Jeff
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