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Offline Alex

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/drm-dmca-jailbreaking-unlocking-iphone,10944.html

Not that anyone really cared that it was illegal, I'm just pointing out that these are now legal.

You can crack your PC games, but there is a catch.

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Video games accessible on personal computers and protected by technological protection measures that control access to lawfully obtained works, when circumvention is accomplished solely for the purpose of good faith testing for, investigating, or correcting security flaws or vulnerabilities, if:
(i) The information derived from the security testing is used primarily to promote the security of the owner or operator of a computer, computer system, or computer network; and
(ii) The information derived from the security testing is used or maintained in a manner that does not facilitate copyright infringement or a violation of applicable law.

Who the hell cracks a game they own for security reasons? It is either to play without a disc or to make it to where you don't always have to be online to play. I feel they did not go far enough with this ruling because the DRM that some companies like EA, and worst of all, Ubisoft put in their games should be illegal.

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Re: jailbreaking ipods, unlocking phones, and cracking DRM now legal to some extent
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 17:07:44 PM »
Actually there are some people that crack and hack to email companys about how weak their security is. But its also those fags that go to those hacking and security conventions. Video game security doesn't stop wars from erupting so they are wasting their time and so is all those digital rights idiots.



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Re: jailbreaking ipods, unlocking phones, and cracking DRM now legal to some extent
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 10:21:55 AM »
Interntez for blue.
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Re: jailbreaking ipods, unlocking phones, and cracking DRM now legal to some extent
« Reply #3 on: Monday, June 03, 2013, 00:47:00 AM »
A White House petition to make unlocking cell phones legal again has passed 1 lakh signature . Passing the milestone means the U.S. government has to issue an official response. On January 26th, unlocking a cell phone that is under contract became illegal in the U.S Just before that went into effect , a petition was started at whitehouse.gov https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/make-unlocking-cell-phones-legal/1g9KhZG7 to have the Librarian of Congress revisit that decision. 'It reduces consumer choice, and decreases the resale value of devices that consumers have paid for in full. The Librarian noted that carriers are offering more unlocked phones at present, but the great majority of phones sold are still locked,this can be done using any third party vendors like http://www.onlinegsmunlock.com .The policy is a big issue for anyone who wants to use their phone abroad, without needing to go through their U.S.' carrier's expensive roaming and international plans. Additionally, anyone who wants to move to a new GSM carrier in the U.S. (such as T-Mobile to AT&T), will have issues.

here is the source-http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/04/white-house-phone-unlock

Offline [VerteX]$MoNeY$

Re: jailbreaking ipods, unlocking phones, and cracking DRM now legal to some extent
« Reply #4 on: Monday, June 03, 2013, 04:16:41 AM »
yes just about!, now lets crack games ^^

 

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