These totally incoherent and inconsistent rulings by the library of Congress illustrate the dangers of the corporatacracy we now live in where companies with a vested financial interest define laws that affect all of us. There is no reason why it should be illegal to to jailbreak or unlock any mobile device regardless screen size
Jailbreaking now legal under DMCA for smartphones, but not tablets
Arbitrary rulings illustrate fundamental brokenness of the DMCA.
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I'm astonished we allow these imbeciles to dictate what we can and cannot do with our own property.
Aside from the fact that I don't really care for using iOS, Apple's insistence on keeping the system locked down is why I don't buy their mobile devices. Despite carriers insisting on locking +Android devices they are mostly pretty painless to unlock