http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/07/apple-loses-big-in-drm-ruling-jailbreaks-are-fair-use.ars (http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/07/apple-loses-big-in-drm-ruling-jailbreaks-are-fair-use.ars)
The FCC has actually, against all odds done something useful for the consumer and stripped Apple of its power to threaten to sue consumers over how they choose to use its products.
It's not just about Apple. Here's the part that applies the most to me personally:
Quote(1) Motion pictures on DVDs that are lawfully made and acquired and that are protected by the Content Scrambling System when circumvention is accomplished solely in order to accomplish the incorporation of short portions of motion pictures into new works for the purpose of criticism or comment, and where the person engaging in circumvention believes and has reasonable grounds for believing that circumvention is necessary to fulfill the purpose of the use in the following instances:
(i) Educational uses by college and university professors and by college and university film and media studies students; (ii) Documentary filmmaking; (iii) Noncommercial videos.
Take THAT, MPAA!
After all this time, finally... some GOOD news. Now I can jailbreak my iphone without worrying about having the DMCA stormtroopers breaking down my door. =P
Waitaminute... You couldn't test a security system to determine what vulnerabilities there may be before this exemption was added? That just sounds retarded.
Quote from: MrBogosity on July 27, 2010, 02:59:58 PM
It's not just about Apple. Here's the part that applies the most to me personally:
Take THAT, MPAA!
So, what does that mean for online internet reviewers like the Nostalgia critic? Could they get put in jail because they take the clips from the dvds of the movies they review, whether or not the review is considered fair use?
No, they can use the clips now. Fair Use reigns. (For the next three years, at least.)