Copyright office ruling on "jailbreaking" mobile devices

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Joshua Heslinga

Colleagues in our Internet, E-Commerce, and Information Technology group have published an article of interest to those in the IP world.  In it they discuss the Copyright Office's recent ruling that removing restrictions built into mobile device software does not violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.  The ruling is certainly a significant development in a hot technology and IP area, and it may carry more general implications for software development.  The article, which includes a link to the ruling, is here:

http://www.troutmansanders.com/tonight-theres-gonna-be-a-jailbreak-of-your-software-07-30-2010/

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