Jailbreaking

The Copyright Office just issued their exemptions for Copyrights.  The exemptions include:

• allow owners of cell phones to break access controls to include their own third party apps.

• allow owners of used cell phones to break access controls on their phones in order to switch wireless carriers.

• allow people to break technical protections on video games to investigate or correct security flaws.

• allow college professors, film students, documentary filmmakers and producers of noncommercial videos to break copy-protection measures on DVDs so they can embed clips for educational purposes, criticism or commentary.

• allow computer owners to bypass the need for external security devices called dongles if the dongle no longer works and cannot be replaced.

• allow blind people to break locks on electronic books so that they can use them with read-aloud software and similar aides.

Even though you may not be violating any copyright laws if you jailbreak or unlock your phone, make sure you don’t care about your warranty and read your user agreement.