Guvernul Statelor Unite a mai anuntat ieri cateva exceptii de la legea federala care interzice atacarea masurilor tehnologice de protejare pentru folosirea neautorizata.  Printre acestea jailbreak-ul, decodarea si spargerea masurilor de copy-protection, doar in anumite scopuri, evident:

— 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 and documentary filmmakers to break copy-protection measures on DVDs so they can embed clips for educational purposes, criticism, commentary and noncommercial videos.

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

via MercuryNews/AP

Explicatie:

“On balance,” the Library of Congress wrote, “when one jailbreaks a smartphone in order to make the operating system on that phone interoperable with an independently created application that has not been approved by the maker of the smartphone or the maker of its operating system, the modifications that are made purely for the purpose of such interoperability are fair uses.” (de aici)

Update: via CNN si CNET, ce inseamna decizia asta de fapt.