news.cnet.com — Apple recently told the U.S. Copyright Office that it believes iPhone jailbreaking is a violation of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act and infringes on its copyright, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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osokFeb 14, 2009
I worked as a firmware programmer for one of the big three, that wanted to do just that.the idea was that you wouldn't own the firmware in the vehicle, it was licensed only to the first owner. If the owner sold the vehicle the new owner would have to relicense the software.our job was to find a way to detect when owners had changed. I cant revel how we did it, but it was highly effective. If drivers changed and the original driver did not drive the vehicle for a period of time, you had 30 days to relicense, or the car shuts down.truly evil, yes. but thats the arrogance of the big three. The program was scrubbed when someone finally pointed out to management that this would probably be a PR nightmare. oh well was a good high paying gig while it lasted :-)
freddiedFeb 14, 2009
Any company who tries to facilitate a culture around "because i buy these products, I am better than you" is ripe for bashing. This includes Starbucks, Oakleys, and any other trendy product I can think of.I really like my Mac Mini and iPhone, and thoroughly enjoy the intuitive user interfaces. But, the "culture" around it can go pound sand.
hardeep1singhFeb 15, 2009
Why? I paid for it, its mine. Only person who decides what to do with it, is me.
hardeep1singhFeb 15, 2009
And we wonder why Apple's marketshare never goes beyond a certain single figure percentage.
anubis2nightFeb 15, 2009
You know what someone should sue Job's for his health. His body has violated his previous treatment's patented process to suppress and destroy cancer. However he takes his med's you can be sure that they are being used in conjunction with other drugs that are not made from the same drug companies and are not expressly permitted in their contract to be used together. This constitutes a jailbreak of sorts. You see how this could become a slippery slope if you applied this logic to everyday items that we use. You can make this argument for almost anything and once you make it it can be be twisted to apply to anyone.
haroonieFeb 16, 2009
working link:<a class="user" href="http://tinyurl.com/cyd3pm">http://tinyurl.com/cyd3pm</a>