DMCA Gets Dumber: Smartphone JailBreaking Illegal in 2013 > Business as usual ;)

Business as usual ;)

I have ignored the DMCA and I do not feel bad at all. Because in my own home the DMCA does not apply. US Copyright Law says I can make a personal copy.
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[65 Arcanist]Filan(High Elf) Zone: Broadband Reports

reply to CXM_Splicer
Copyright law falls under tort (civil), however the US spun that off to it's own branch of law in the Reagan years. So it is it's own masochistic entity making up laws that violate social norms.

I'm sure that jailbreaking falls under DMCA circumvention clause, and that is where they are attaching to it.

So copyright law is civil in nature, theoretically meaning that if they are awarded damages it is for their "economic loss".

So what they are saying is that if you buy a phone postpaid, it is entirely up to the carrier if they will allow you to use it after said contract is up, and in what manner...effectively a license to use the phone by say Verizon.

Is that absurd? Yes. Can the government make up any law it wants, yes.

The issue w/ this is that since these laws make the entire population a scofflaw, the government can apply it's weight whenever and wherever it wants subjectively, which of course makes this a dictatorship, not a republic.

I know it's uncomfortable for people to live in a dictatorship, but that is where the US is headed. I've traveled many dozens of countries, and over time the population gets on with their life, and you see underground illegal trade thrive. So the more restrictive the laws, the less orderly society becomes...

OMG you just describe the East coast (Scofflaw bit) ( Compared to the parts of the Midwest and West Coast that I've lived in...).
There are so many rules here compared to out West. They arbitrarily enforce them.

reply to elefante72