Jailbreaking, rooting of phones, DVD ripping are now legit Stateside

on 07/26/2010, filed in Home > CellPhones

Manufacturers of various devices won’t be too pleased to hear that the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA), being the US copyright law, has been changed to protect the rights of content owners, making it now legal to make changes to your devices and software through various circumstances. This means you are able to jailbreak or root a phone legally in order to run software that’s prohibited by the manufacturer or wireless carrier, while decrypting DVDs to use them in short excerpts for educational, non-commerical or documentary purposes. Bear in mind that this piece of news doesn’t mean a slew of devices down the road will not feature any copy protection.

rooting: Rooting is essentially a process that allows users of smartphones, tablets or other devices running on Android to gain “superuser” access to the software. This will allow the user to perform administrative tasks such as writing to locations normally restricted by the system which in turn will allow for deeper customization. For iOS users, rooting on Android devices could be thought of as a close equivalent to jailbreaking your device. More info in Rooting for Android: What, why and how?

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