Comments on: Apple and EFF argue over iPhone jailbreaking

By: Wired’s David Kravets assails Apple over the EFF’s DMCA iPhone case — RoughlyDrafted Magazine

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:59:14 +0000

[...] Claims | Threat Level | Wired.com The EFF’s Oddly Informed War Apple’s iPhone Apps Apple and EFF argue over iPhone jailbreaking Jailbreak stores plot to plunder iPhone app [...]

By: The EFF’s Oddly Informed War Apple’s iPhone Apps — RoughlyDrafted Magazine

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:07:50 +0000

[...] Apple and EFF argue over iPhone jailbreaking Prophylactic Platform Protection The EFF only cites ideological optimism that destroying Apple’s managed platform would result in a utopian market where innovation would flourish because Apple wouldn’t be there to stop anything. The problem is that Apple wouldn’t be there to cultivate this happy garden commune either. [...]

By: gus2000

gus2000 — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:29:44 +0000

And now Mozilla and Skype are getting in on the action, coming out in support of the EFF and the DMCA exemption. Not surprising, given that they sell no hardware to jailbreak, and would directly profit from open hardware.

Note that jailbreaking is both easy and widespread, despite its current status as illegal (or at the very least unsupported). The exemption would only bring the code crackers out of the closet.

By: Interesting iPhone Security Tidbits sprinkled in Apple-vs-EFF article « Jason J. Gullickson

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:14:56 +0000

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By: NormM

NormM — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 03:52:42 +0000

From a software-trust and bug perspective, the iPhone is not very different than an OS X laptop. How would these arguments sound if Apple tried to make them about restricting laptop software?

By: KathyLee

KathyLee — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:03:33 +0000

Well, has Apple actually gone after the jailbreaker writers? They seemed to have left them alone (for the Tinkerers) but having that activity be explicitly condoned in the DMCA is what they’re upset about. I say fix the DMCA overall and don’t attack Apple specifically. They have produced something truly innovative and the App publishers want their software protected from piracy. As for the schmucks who jailbreak their phone and complain to Apple when their iPhone doesn’t work – there should be some way that iTunes can determine if a connected phone is jailbroken and then have Apple know not to waste any support time on these folks.

By: Dorotea

Dorotea — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:15:43 +0000

I expect that Apple has to protect its investments. Apple doesn’t want a jailbroken iPhone to disrupt the AT&T cell network. Apple doesn’t want to support jailbroken iPhones. If they don’t fight to protect their IP investments then I think they could lose the rights.

By: Joel

Joel — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:34:54 +0000

“By installing Linux on my PC, I agreed to void whatever warranty was left. ”

Must be some strange warranty. I’ve wiped Windows and installed Linux Dell stuff before and they’ve come around and fixed their hardware when it failed within the warrently period. The same with other hardware manufacters… Perhaps you need to get a less paranoid manufactrer. :)

By: Joe Sa

Joe Sa — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:20:16 +0000

@ wordwarrior “By installing Linux on my PC, I agreed to void whatever warranty was left. I accepted that risk. I’m sure those who genuinely want to tinker with the iPhone accept that risk as well.”
Then why are they calling Apple support? Why did they cry & moan when Apple updated the iPhone & their phones stopped working?

By: wordwarrior

wordwarrior — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:09:01 +0000

I have no problem with people installing a modified OS as long as they don’t distribute it, and especially, don’t try to sell it for profit. As long as people are buying iPhones and nobody’s having their apps ripped off (or networks aren’t being abused), I have no problem with it.