Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Will Rooting Your Smartphone Soon Be Illegal? Not If We Can Stop It!

Will Rooting Your Smartphone Soon Be Illegal? Not If We Can Stop It!

The Android modding community is a great one all made possible by the tireless efforts of developers who seek to further enrich the Android experience by rooting and modding the software on their smartphones. Well, that whole ecosystem may soon be threatened with the expiration of the jailbreaking (and rooting) exemption law granted by the U.S. Copyright Office to help protect those of us who chose to modify the software on our devices from legal threats. Without that law, users who jailbreak or root their devices could face criminal charges — sounds like a crazy, post-apocalyptic future, right.

Android Phone, Will Rooting Your Smartphone Soon Be Illegal? Not If We Can Stop It!

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