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Jailbreaking now legal under DMCA for smartphones, but not tablets (ars technica)Jailbreaking now legal under DMCA for smartphones, but not tablets (ars technica)Posted Oct 26, 2012 17:36 UTC (Fri) by nybble41 (subscriber, #55106)In reply to: Jailbreaking now legal under DMCA for smartphones, but not tablets (ars technica) by dmitrij.ledkov Parent article: Jailbreaking now legal under DMCA for smartphones, but not tablets (ars technica)
Apparently, tablets are distinct from smartphones in that the former category might be construed to include dedicated e-book readers. This, despite the fact that the smartphones which _are_ legal to "jailbreak" can also be used to read DRM'd e-books, using the same software as runs on the tablets (including most of the dedicated e-book readers).
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Jailbreaking now legal under DMCA for smartphones, but not tablets (ars technica) Posted Nov 4, 2012 1:48 UTC (Sun) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954) [Link] A smartphone is a handheld computer that can perform telephone functions. "Smartphone," by the way, is the author's word, not the law's. The law says "telephone handset." It seems bizarre that the presence of a telephone function makes a difference, but as a practical matter it does severely limit the kinds of computers that are subject to the exemption. The Librarian of Congress said we shouldn't exempt tablets, because by every definition of tablet that was proposed, it included a wide variety of devices and some of those might not deserve exemptions. Requiring the computer to have a telephone ap, on the other hand, excludes as a practical matter all of those debatable classes of device.
Jailbreaking now legal under DMCA for smartphones, but not tablets (ars technica) Posted Nov 12, 2012 20:43 UTC (Mon) by Baylink (subscriber, #755) [Link]
Everybody: quick! Install CSIP Simple on your tablet!
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