The U.S Library of Congress has reversed its decision it originally made in 2010 , Announcing this week that the process of jailbreaking of iOS Devices will be made illegal from the beginning of next year .
The new batch of exemptions illustrate the fundamentally arbitrary nature of the DMCA's exemption process.
For the next three years you'll be allowed to jailbreak your smartphones but not tablets.
You'll be allowed to unlock phones purchase before 2013 , but not phones purchased after that , quite confusing ?
Computer programs that enable wireless telephone handsets to execute lawfully obtained software applications, where circumvention is accomplished for the sole purpose of enabling interoperability of such applications with computer programs on the telephone handset.This exemption is a modification of the proponents’ proposal. It permits the circumvention of computer programs on mobile phones to enable interoperability of non-vendor- approved software applications (often referred to as “jailbreaking”), but does not apply to tablets – as had been requested by proponents – because the record did not support it.
