Legalise Console Jailbreaking?
Last year the group successfully lobbied for the jailbreaking of smartphones to be made exempt from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and is calling for that to be expanded to cover consoles and tablets, Edge reports.
This would mean that consumers would be free to use their devices in any way they see fit, liberating them to run operating systems and applications from any source, not just those approved by the manufacturer.
"The DMCA is supposed to block copyright infringement," said EFF IP director Corynne McSherry. "But instead it can be misused to threaten creators, innovators, and consumers, discouraging them from making full and fair use of their own property.
"Hobbyists and tinkerers who want to modify their phones or videogame consoles to run software programs of their choice deserve protection under the law... Copyright law shouldn't be stifling such uses - it should be encouraging them."
The Copyright Office is expected to rule on EFF's in October 2012.
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Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/328446/digital-rights-group-lobbying-for-console-jailbreaks/
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-DynastyPosted:
Will this would be an intersting thing that could happen if they get this passed, and if they do it deff. will open up a whole new genre of information and apps that the user can download so thats a deff. plus!
System32Posted:
Whether it is legal or not, they can still ban your console from their service... they just wouldn't be able to sue you for it. ( See Sony vs Geohot )
BlackTiger321Posted:
am i the only one who dose not fully support it, here's what i think
Legalization of Jtags
Online Play
Too Easy To get hacks and mods
unfair to game developers(i have a jtag but i buy the games to support the producers
Not Legal
Offline
Hard to get
lot less people who have them so selling price of Jtags stay high
Legalization of Jtags
Online Play
Too Easy To get hacks and mods
unfair to game developers(i have a jtag but i buy the games to support the producers
Not Legal
Offline
Hard to get
lot less people who have them so selling price of Jtags stay high
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