Apple’s WWDC-Closing ‘Fuck You’ to iPhone Developers

Re:Apple’s WWDC-Closing ‘Fuck You’ to iPhone Developers by lutorm on Monday June 15, 2009 @10:37PM (#659451)

Oh but I do get to rewrite paragraphs in books to my hearts desire. I may not be allowed to sell the books so made to others, but in the privacy of my own home I get to do what ever I want. Not so in the case of the iphone et al.

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Re:Apple’s WWDC-Closing ‘Fuck You’ to iPhone Developers by GHFigs on Monday June 15, 2009 @11:02PM (#659483)

Not true, as evidienced by the existence of jailbreaking, unlocking, etc. Apple has not taken any legal action against people for doing these things. What legal action they have taken has been against people allegedly infringing on their software copyrights. The difference is crucial.

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Re:Apple’s WWDC-Closing ‘Fuck You’ to iPhone Developers by fatdog789 on Tuesday June 16, 2009 @01:05AM (#659595)

No, it's not. They haven't yet gone after people who jailbreak their phones. That doesn't mean they won't.

And btw, they have gone after sites that talk about how to jailbreak the iPhone. Copyright was just an excuse.

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Re:Apple’s WWDC-Closing ‘Fuck You’ to iPhone Developers by Zev on Tuesday June 16, 2009 @01:48AM (#659637)

* They haven't yet gone after people who jailbreak their phones*

I like how you can predict the future... How else do you know what a company is going to do, before the company does it?

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Re:Apple’s WWDC-Closing ‘Fuck You’ to iPhone Developers by jcl on Tuesday June 16, 2009 @01:12PM (#660518)

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/02/apple-says-jailbreaking...

If Apple honestly believed they would never go after someone for jailbreaking, then they wouldn't waste their time laying the legal groundwork to do so.

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Re:Apple’s WWDC-Closing ‘Fuck You’ to iPhone Developers by GHFigs on Tuesday June 16, 2009 @02:02PM (#660581)

If you read the actual filings instead of EFF's press releases, as I have, I believe you'll find the EFF's characterization to be misleading. They can be found here: http://www.copyright.gov/1201/2008/responses/

Jailbreaking per se is not illegal. Violating copyright to do so is. The EFF filed for a DMCA exemption which would allow violating the DMCA for the purposes of jailbreaking, primarily of iPhones. The EFF is the one attempting to lay legal groundwork by changing the law -- what they propose is currently illegal. Apple's filing is only a response to the EFF's comments.

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Re:Apple’s WWDC-Closing ‘Fuck You’ to iPhone Developers by GHFigs on Tuesday June 16, 2009 @01:45AM (#659635)

That doesn't mean they won't.

On what grounds would they aside from copyright?

Copyright was just an excuse.

I don't understand. Are you saying they have not had legitimate copyright claims, or that they have but that they are somehow irrelevant?

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