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Originally Posted by punky
This bit is a bit worrying
This means although Jailbreaking has been declared legal in the US, based on that logic Jailbreaking can be banned here.
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Yup.
AFAIK & IANAL, etc. ...
This is all ultimately the fault of the
WIPO Copyright Treaty, which
prohibits the "circumvention of technological measures" used to protect copyrighted works.
The WIPO Copyright Treaty was brought into US Law by the infamous
Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) (which at least, as shown by the recent Jailbreaking ruling, has a method for exemptions to be applied for & granted).
The WIPO Copyright Treaty was brought into EU Law by the EU
Copyright Directive, which was in turn brought into UK Law by the
Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 which amended the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.